Research Projects - the fulcrum of the research world

What do you think of when you hear the word RAID? Johnny Depp style pirates battling it out on the high seas? RAIDing the refrigerator Nigella Lawson style? Spraying a can of RAID on some pesky biting bugs? Whatever it is, it infers you will be “doing” something. RAID in the identifier world applies best to “doing” things. It’s an identifier that puts research projects at the centre of the research world. At its core, RAID is a Handle which acts like a web address for a project or group of activities, and it comes with an “envelope” which contains a record of events and entities related to the project or activity. Examples of things that are related to a project include Data Management Plans, research publications, datasets, researchers, institutions, grants etc. RAID can record all of these related entities in the envelope using their appropriate PIDs (DOIs, ORCIDs etc). There is significant interest in RAID internationally and in this session, we will unpack RAID and answer such questions as:

• What are the use cases for RAID? Who benefits from RAID?
• What’s the difference between a Grant Identifier (DOI) and a RAID? Do you need both?
• Who manages RAID and how many are using it?
• How does RAID interact with ORCIDs, DOIs and other identifiers?
• How is RAID being used in the research Openness Profile?
• What are the plans for the RAID identifier service going forward in terms of technical, governance and community aspects?

RAID is flagged for ISO certification in May 2021. This is an opportunity to hear more about RAID and how you may wish to use it.