M3.2 - Proposal for an EOSC PID Service providers coordination mechanism

Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are crucial to enable and achieve the FAIR principles, which describe how research data and other entities within the research lifecycle should be made Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (Wilkinson et al. 2016). Some of the goals of the FAIR-IMPACT project are related to working with PID service providers and infrastructures to better understand and meet user needs, align with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) PID policy, and maximize PID adoption. In the context of the project, these goals are addressed under a specific Work Package (WP) dedicated to PIDs. To achieve these goals, more coordination between PID service providers and EOSC is needed, resulting in  PIDs for diverse research outputs including publications, data, software, instruments, services, people, and organisations. After establishing a joint value proposition by PID providers (Milestone 3.1 Joint value proposition by relevant PID providers), the next step is a proposal for a mechanism to support the necessary coordination. This report outlines the proposed coordination mechanism.