In 2002 or so I made my way into Industry Canada offices to speak to some directors about content syndication. I had just sprained my ankle on an Ottawa city sidewalk and was in a lot of pain as I outlined an idea whereby organizations would manage their own online information using a series of RSS files. The idea would be that they managed their on information online, and simply referenced these files any time they submitted a form or interacted with a government agency. I also proposed a similar plan for people. So there would be a series of formats: RSO (Really Simple Organziations), RSP (Really Simple People), and so on. I actually created an aggregator that could handle these different RSS formats. But they idea never took off, and so we never had distributed self-identification. Pity. Anyhow, this article describes "Research Organization Registry (ROR) - a community-led project to develop an open, sustainable, usable, and unique identifier for every research organization in the world." I still prefer my system, but maybe this will evolve into that.
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