Lisa Schiff writes > Actually ORCID has a public API, though there is a request to use throttling > so as not to overwhelm the servers. I believe some guidance around this is > being developed, but you can use the API now: > > http://support.orcid.org/knowledgebase/articles/132354-searching-with-the-public-api
An API is not the same thing as a stock of data that is freely available. For example CrossRef also has an API, you can conduct searches but you will never know if/when you have the complete data. Neither ORCID nor CrossRef are open access. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorprofile.org/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
