On 17/09/2013 02:39, Andy Mabbett wrote: > [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. The idea is interesting, but I don't understand the security model. How do I know that the sender of this message actually has the right to claim the ORCID in question (0000-0001-5882-6823)? The web page doesn't present anything (such as a public key) that could be used for authentication. Brian