Persistent Identifier Consortium for eResearch (ePIC)

The Persistent Identifier Consortium for eResearch (ePIC) was founded in 2009. It currently has nine members who are committed to the development and operation of infrastructures in the field of persistent identifiers, or PID for short. The GWDG is a founding member.

The aim of the consortium is to support researchers and research data management with a PID system for creating, processing and resolving PIDs. The growing volume of research data, with its ever-increasing complexity, presents tools and scientists with the challenge of being able to handle this data productively. In addition to setting up and operating the PID system, the focus is also on realising high performance and user-friendliness.

As a member of DONA, the GWDG operates parts of the global PID system and can assign namespaces itself as a multi-primary administrator. The GWDG also contributes to the further development of the software stack, develops other services that are useful to the research community, and engages in global initiatives such as the FAIR Digital Objects (FDO) Forum.

The ePIC PID service can be accessed by our customers under “Services” .