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Re:An open discussion forum for ArXiv papers by westurner on Sunday September 08, 2024 @06:30PM (#41483785)
W3D Decentralized Identifiers are designed for this use case.
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Re:An open discussion forum for ArXiv papers by westurner on Monday September 09, 2024 @08:23PM (#41495849)
Decentralized identifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_identifier

W3C TR did-core: "DID Decentralized Identifiers 1.0": https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/

W3C TR did-use-cases: "Use Cases and Requirements for Decentralized Identifiers" https://www.w3.org/TR/did-use-cases/

"Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for accounts" (2024) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38823817#38831952

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Re:An open discussion forum for ArXiv papers by michaelmior on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @07:20AM (#41499623)
I'm sure that would work, but most researchers already have an ORCID are required to provide it other places anyway.
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Re:An open discussion forum for ArXiv papers by westurner on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @07:53PM (#41506845)
In comparison to DIDs, ORCIDs aren't sk/pk pairs that can be used to cryptographically sign.

A person can generate (and optionally register) additional DIDs if they please.

A person can request additional ORCIDs if they please

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