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dPIDs - the Emerging Persistent Identification Technology for FAIR and the Digital Era

Authors:
Andrey Vukolov
Erik van Winkle
Elizaveta Zhdanova
George Kourousias

Keywords: PID, Persistent Identifier, IPFS, Decentralized, dPID, FAIR, Blockchain, Provenance Tracking, Reproducibility

Abstract:
This paper presents a comprehensive exploration of an emerging technology focused on the persistent identification and sharing of data and metadata, termed “decentralised Persistent Identifier” (dPID). Utilizing the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) network, dPID provides reproducible persistent identifiers, ensuring that data can be reliably stored and accessed over time. It is designed to incorporate a distributed ledger, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), decentralized linking, and lookup databases. It also aims to support version control and provenance tracking based on reproducibility. The distributed approach highlights the potential of dPID to align with the principles and guidelines of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data, positioning it as a valuable component within the open data ecosystem, mitigating in an efficient way the problems, such as link rot and content drift. The proposed technology provides a highly scalable persistent identification and versioning system for shared data that reduces dependencies from social contracts and institution-driven systems. The paper also demonstrates its usability for modern social-oriented identification systems, proposing a use case study for the art industry.

Pages: 1 to 8

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2024

Publication date: April 14, 2024

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8459

ISBN: 978-1-68558-144-2

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 14, 2024 to April 18, 2024