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ORCID Public Data File 2019

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posted on 2019-10-17, 15:41 authored by Rob BlackburnRob Blackburn, Josh Brown, Matthew Buys, Ana CardosoAna Cardoso, Paula DemainPaula Demain, Tom DemeranvilleTom Demeranville, Padma GopinathPadma Gopinath, Haak Laurel, Stephanie HarleyStephanie Harley, Sarah Hershberger, Liz Krznarich, Alice MeadowsAlice Meadows, Gabriela Mejias, Angel MontenegroAngel Montenegro, Nash GeorgeNash George, Ana Heredia, Nabil KsibiNabil Ksibi, Pedro Costa, Leo MendozaLeo Mendoza, Brian MinihanBrian Minihan, Mitra Najafi-GheidariMitra Najafi-Gheidari, Eric Olson, Julie Anne PetroJulie Anne Petro, Mallory Robertson, Andrej Romanov, Shawna SadlerShawna Sadler, Bernette Sherman, Will SimpsonWill Simpson, Catalina Wilmers, Ivo WijnbergenIvo Wijnbergen, Robert Peters, Estelle ChengEstelle Cheng, Camillia Lu, Emilia Kutrovska
These files contain a snapshot of all public data in the ORCID Registry associated with an ORCID record that was created or claimed by an individual as of October 1st, 2019. ORCID publishes this file once per year under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication. This means that, to the extent possible under law, ORCID has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to the Public Data File. For more information on the file, see https://orcid.org/content/orcid-public-data-file-use-policy

The file contains the public information associated with each user's ORCID record. The data is available in XML format and is further divided into separate files for easier management. One file contains the full record summary for each record. The rest of the data is divided into 11 files which contain the activities for each record including full work data.

Below is more complete description of how the data is structured.

Summaries file

Name: ORCID_2019_summaries.tar.gz
Description: Contains all the existing summaries, when extracted, it will generate the following file structure: summaries/[3 digits checksum]/[iD].xml
Example: If you are looking for the summary of iD '0000-0002-7869-831X', decompress the file and you will find the summary under 'summaries/31X/0000-0002-7869-831X.xml'.

Activities files

Named:

- ORCID_2019_activites_0.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_1.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_2.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_3.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_4.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_5.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_6.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_7.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_8.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_9.tar.gz
- ORCID_2019_activites_X.tar.gz

Description: Consists of 11 .tar.gz files, each file contains the public activities that belongs to an iD that contains a given checksum. The file hierarchy is as follows:
[checksum]/[3 digits checksum]/[iD]/[activity type]/[iD]_[activity_type]_[putcode].xml

Examples:

If you are looking for the public activities that belong to `0000-0002-7869-831X:

Decompress the file 'ORCID_2019_activites_X.tar.gz'.
You will find all the public activities under 'X/31X/0000-0002-7869-831X/' which are then sub-divided in folders for each activity type.

If you are looking for all the employments that belong to '0000-0002-7869-831X':

Decompress the file 'ORCID_2019_activites_X.tar.gz',
Navigate to 'X/31X/0000-0002-7869-831X/employments'.

If you are looking for the employment with put-code '7923980' that belongs to '0000-0002-7869-831X' :

Decompress the file 'ORCID_2019_activites_X.tar.gz'.
You will find that employment under 'X/31X/0000-0002-7869-831X/employments/0000-0002-7869-831X_employments_7923980.xml'.



Companion Resources:


ORCID 3.0 XSD: https://github.com/ORCID/orcid-model/tree/master/src/main/resources/record_3.0#orcid-api-v30-guide

2017 File: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5479792.v1
2016 File: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4134027
2015 File: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1582705
2014 File: http://dx.doi.org/10.14454/07243.2014.001
2013 File: http://dx.doi.org/10.14454/07243.2013.001

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