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. 2017 Aug 31;6:1618. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12344.1

Table 5. Identifiers throughout the data life cycle.

Name Relevant stage of
data life cycle
Description URL
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Publishing, Sharing,
Finding
A unique identifier for a digital (or physical or
abstract) object
https://www.doi.org/
Open Researcher and
Contributor ID (ORCID)
Publishing An identifier for a specific researcher that
persists across publications and other research
outputs
https://orcid.org/
Repository accession
number
Finding, Processing/
Analyzing, Publishing,
Sharing, Storing
A unique identifier for a record within a
repository. Format will be repository-specific.
Examples include NIH UIDs (unique identifiers)
and accession numbers; ENA accession
numbers; PDB IDs
For example, https://support.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/link/portal/28045/28049/
Article/499/

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/submit/accession-number-formats
Pubmed ID (PMID) Publishing An example of a repository-specific unique
identifier: PubMed IDs are used for research
publications indexed in the PubMed database
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
International Standard
Serial Number (ISSN)
Publishing A unique identifier for a journal, magazine or
periodical
http://www.issn.org/
International Standard Book
Number (ISBN)
Publishing A unique identifier for a book, specific to the
title, edition and format
https://www.isbn-international.org