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Addressing the Challenges with Organizational Identifiers and ISNI (OCLC report) http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2016/oclcresearch-organizational-identifiers-and-isni-2016.html
Linked Open Data platforms
Opaque Namespace http://www.opaquenamespace.org
Open Metadata Registry http://www,metadataregistry.org
Research ID lifecycle
OCLC report, Registering Researchers in Authority Files http://www.oclc.org/research/themes/research-collections/registering-researchers.html
See especially use cases 2.1-4.3 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2014/oclcresearch-registering-researchers-2014-supplement-a.pdf
Information flow diagram http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2014/oclcresearch-registering-researchers-2014-rid-info-flow-slide.pptx
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ISNI - www.isni.org
VIAF - www.viaf.org
Internet2 TIER initiative https://www.internet2.edu/vision-initiatives/initiatives/trust-identity-education-research/
TIER Entity Registry Working Group https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/TIERENTREG/TIER+Entity+Registry+Working+Group
Cultural heritage
Europeana http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en
DPLA https://dp.la/