On Sep 17, 2013, at 9:24 PM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9/17/13 11:14 AM, Michael Tuexen wrote: >> For example >> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3237.txt >> has 7 authors. I know that at least 4 affiliations have changed >> and at least you can't reach me anymore via the given e-mail >> address or telephone number. > > This is not the problem ORCID addresses, except indirectly. > It's a way to establish that the author Melinda Shore who > worked at Cisco is the same author Melinda Shore who worked > at the Center for Research Libraries. It is NOT a contact > mechanism, a personal tracking mechanism, etc. Agreed. Maybe the wrong thread... I replied to a statement that the authors e-mail addresses went stale... Best regards Michael > > Melinda > >