10.23640/07243.7712456.v1 Alice Meadows Alice Meadows Press Release: Austrian Consortium Joins ORCID ORCID 2019 ORCID open source persistent identifiers research infrastructure 2019-02-13 12:01:16 Journal contribution https://orcid.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Press_Release_Austrian_Consortium_Joins_ORCID/7712456 The newly formed ORCID Austria consortium is the result of several years of nationwide discussion about the introduction of a person identifier in the Austrian scientific community. Eleven member organizations have signed up for the two-year agreement, and the consortium will be jointly led by TU Wien and the University of Vienna.