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External Authority Fields

External authority fields collect a URI that is a specific kind of identifier, issued by an external registry or authority. Seven types are provided, one per authority.

Field type Authority
ext-ror-field ROR — Research Organization Registry.
ext-orcid-field ORCID — researcher identifiers.
ext-doi-field DOI — digital object identifiers.
ext-rrid-field RRID — research resource identifiers.
ext-pfas-field PFAS identifiers.
ext-pubmed-field PubMed identifiers.
ext-nih-grant-id-field NIH grant identifiers.

Each takes an optional default holding a URI.

Key Value Presence Meaning
default IRI optional A default identifier URI.
- key: institution
  type: ext-ror-field
  name: Institution
  default: https://ror.org/00f54p054