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Dear Colleagues,

Even though EGU 2016 still seems to be a long way off, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts to the EGU General Assembly 2016 in Vienna (17-22 April 2016).

In particular, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts to the following session:

20 years of persistent identifiers - where do we go next? (ESSI2.6/GI1.6)
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21739

Persistent identifiers (PID) for scholarly resources have been around now for more than 20 years. Since the initial launch of the Handle.net we have seen a proliferation of PID into many use cases. Some PID systems have become established parts of the science information infrastructure, in other areas we are seeing work in progress, and new use cases being proposed. In addition to the PID use cases a number of critical questions arise. These include:

- What progress has been made - what works and what lessons have we learned?
- Are there key gaps in the ways that research outputs are structured, accredited and exposed?
- How are issues of interoperability between different PID systems to be handled, and what are the implications of doing so?

As areas of discussion this session we propose:

- Use cases for PID in earth sciences (e.g. dynamic data, fine-grained access)
- New use cases (e.g. software/code, provenance, reference, credit, metrics, quality, standards)
- Communities of practice and governance around PID systems
- New forms of scholarly output and communication
- PID in linked data

This is a joint session of PID operators, data systems, memory institutions, publishers and other stakeholders, co-organised by the EGU Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI) and EGU Geosciences Instrumentation & Data Systems (GI) Divisions.

Detailed information on how to submit an abstract can be found at: http://www.egu2016.eu/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html

The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 13 Jan 2016, 13:00 CET.

In case you would like to apply for support, please submit your application no later than 01 December 2015.

Further information about the EGU General Assembly 2016 can be found at: http://egu2016.eu/

You can stay up-to-date with General Assembly information by subscribing to the EGU blog (http://geolog.egu.eu/) and following the EGU on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences, #EGU16) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion).

Looking forward to seeing you next year at EGU.


Regards,

Jens Klump

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Dr Jens Klump 
OCE Science Leader Earth Science Informatics 
Geoscience Analytics Team Leader
Mineral Resources
CSIRO

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