[First post here] Hello, I'm a contributor to RFC 6350 - but I'm listed there by name only, and there is nothing to differentiate me from some other Andy Mabbett (the problem is no doubt worse for people with less unusual family names). Like many such contributors, I don't want to publish my email address as an identifier, in case I get spammed, and if I give an affiliation or even the URL of my website, that may change over time. This problem is addressed by "Open Research Contributor Identifiers" (ORCID; <http://orcid.org>), UIDs (and URIs) for scientific and other academic authors. Mine is below. As the website says: "ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers". Individuals can sign up for an ORCID at <http://orcid.org/> and then include it in their attribution in RfCs, in their research papers, and in other publications. I'd like to propose that we strongly encourage, or even mandate, this for future RfCs. How should I proceed? Is this list the best place for discussion of this topic? Does it need an RfC? If so, would someone care to assist me, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing Website: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-6823