PID Training Materials & Guides
This is a growing, curated collection of publicly available training materials, handbooks, cookbooks, documentation, and guides focused on persistent identifiers (PIDs) — both in general and for specific PID systems and providers.
The resources originate from various institutions and initiatives and are not maintained by us. As a work in progress, this overview will evolve to reflect the needs of the NFDI research communities. Suggestions are welcome.
🧭 Getting Started: Understanding PIDs
Fundamentals, significance, and an overview of the PID ecosystem. Includes beginner-friendly introductions, insights into governance, and the conceptual role of PIDs in research infrastructure.
- What are PIDs?
- Why are they important?
- How is the PID ecosystem structured?
📘 PIDs 101: A Beginners' Guide to Persistent Identifiers
Whether you are new to the world of persistent identifiers or just in need of a basic PID refresher, this introductory session is for you! We’ll explain what a persistent identifier is, what they can...
📘 Persistent Identifiers: The Building Blocks of the Research Information Infrastructure
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) – for people (researchers), places (their organizations) and things (their research outputs and other contributions) – are foundational elements in the overall research...
📊 The Power of PIDs: using persistent identifiers to enable connections throughout the research lifecycle
This slide deck from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information provides a comprehensive introduction to the role of persistent identifiers (PIDs) across the...
📘 Introduction to Persistent Identifiers
As part of the DARIAH Friday Frontiers in-house webinar series, Dr. Tibor Kálman (GWDG) gives an introduction to Persistent Identifiers. Why do we need them, how do we apply them, and how do...
📊 Online seminar on PIDs for instruments
The "PID Network Germany" project hosted the online seminar "PIDs for instruments" on 7 May 2024. A combination of informative presentations on the areas of application and specific examples of PIDs...
📊 Introduction to Persistent Identifiers. Bodleian iSkills
This introductory slide deck from Bodleian iSkills (University of Oxford) explains what persistent identifiers (PIDs) are, why they matter, and how they help solve problems of ambiguity in research...
📊 What lies beneath – A closer look at the PID ecosystem
Workshop slides on the structure and governance of the PID ecosystem
📘 Persistent Identifiers
This web page by the CERN Scientific Information Service (SIS) defines persistent identifiers (PIDs) and explains their importance, the major types (for objects, people, grants, organisations) and...
📘 Persistente Identifikatoren
This webpage from the portal forschungsdaten.info explains the concept of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in the context of publishing and archiving research data. It defines what a PID is, gives an...
🎥 Video: Was sind PIDs?
In diesem Video "Was sind persistente Identifikatoren (PIDs)?" wird auf eine humorvolle und zugängliche Weise erklärt, was genau PIDs sind und welche Relevanz sie in der Forschungswelt haben. Als...
📊 ARK Training, 2023-06-06, 3-hour tutorial from 2023 IIIF Annual Conference.
A comprehensive 3-hour tutorial introducing ARK persistent identifiers, covering why ARKs are used, use cases from major institutions, metadata for object development and persistence, minting and...
🎥 What are Persistent Identifiers and why to use them?
A short video explaining what persistent identifiers are and why they are important in the context of FAIR data principles
📘 DANS Data Game
The game gives an impression of the research data landscape and was specially produced for the 15th anniversary of DANS. In advance of the 20th anniversary of DANS, we present here the 2024 updated...
📊 Der Weg zum PID: Praktische Einführung in DOI und ePIC
This workshop slide deck from the 7th DINI/nestor Workshop (2017) provides a practical introduction to persistent identifiers with a focus on DOIs and ePIC handles. It explains the underlying Handle...
📘 Fabrica Handbuch – TIB Wiki
Detailed German manual for working with DataCite Fabrica
📘 FAIR Cookbook – Life Sciences
Practical guide for implementing FAIR principles in the life sciences, with PID references
📘 FAIR Software Checklist
Interactive checklist for assessing the FAIRness of research software
📘 PID4NFDI Cookbook
Practical guide for individuals and organizations implementing PIDs in research workflows
🎥 The Paper and The Data: Module 5 – Persistent Identifiers Video
Video explaining PID use in scholarly publishing
📊 The Paper and The Data: Module 5 - Persistent Idenifiers Slides
Module 5, Video on Persitent Identifiers
📘 Findability of Research Data and Software Through PIDs
Video presentation on using PIDs and FAIR repositories to improve findability
📘 Getting Started – DataCite
Introductory guide to working with DOIs and metadata via DataCite
📘 PID Guide – pidwijzer.nl
Interactive tool for selecting PID systems based on use case
📄 EOSC Macro‑Roadmap – Persistent Identifiers (PIDs)
Collection of strategic contributions and implementation plans for PIDs within the EOSC context. Covers establishment of coordination mechanisms for PID service providers, alignment with EOSC PID...
📘 Getting started with ARK (Archival Resource Key) Persistent Identifiers
A 30-minute introduction to ARK persistent identifiers, explaining what they are, how to use them, and their benefits
🎓 Working with Persistent Identifiers - Hands-on
This lecture illustrates the use of PIDs, more specifically it shows how to employ handles using the B2HANDLE library
📘 EUDAT B2SAFE-B2STAGE Training
This training module provides you with instructions on how to deploy B2SAFE and B2STAGE. It also shows you how to use these services. Moreover, the module provides hands-on training on Persistent...
📄 pid4cat – PID Model for Catalysis
A FAIR PID model for research data in catalysis, based on the Handle system. PID4Cat builds upon the handle system with a custom API and provides a LinkML metadata model for PID-related metadata...
📘 B2INST User Guide
B2INST is a community-driven solution for global and unique identification of instruments operated within the research domain. Various (scientific) instruments, such as sensors used in environmental...
📊 FAIR Implementation Workshop -Meet the SoftWare Hash Identifier: Do one thing and do it well
The session highlighted that software identification was essential for ensuring the long-term traceability of scholarly outputs. However, as often happened with software, the process was not as...
📊 Online Training Workshop on Research Data Management in (Bio-)Medicine
📘 Developing Identifiers for Heritage Collections
This resource describes the different aspects of developing persistent identifiers (PIDs) in the context of Heritage Collections. Following consultation through May 2021, the resource is now...
📘 Collection /database of Training material for the Life Science cellected by the the Elixir project
🎥 ARDC Resource Hub
Comprehensive collection of training materials, documentation, datasets, tools and resources for research data management and PID systems. Includes training courses like "23 (Research Data) Things",...
📘 The PID Forum
A global information and discussion platform for persistent identifiers (PIDs), which brings together the various communities working with PIDs in the research world. Includes Knowledge Hub, User...
📊 NFDI4Ing Training Platform
German-language platform for RDM training materials specifically tailored for engineering sciences. Provides self-paced online courses, interactive elements (H5P quizzes, assignments), and...