Speaker
Description
As the global movement for open science expands, it is increasingly clear that the infrastructures enabling open research must reflect regional priorities, cultural contexts, and sovereign ownership over knowledge. The Africa PID Alliance (APA), through its development of the Digital Object Container Identifier (DOCID™) presents an innovative approach to persistent identifiers that is tailored to the needs of Universities, Museums, Patent registration offices, Research projects and other PID providers. DOCID™ provides a locally managed solution for assigning, managing, and preserving metadata across scholarly, cultural, and patent innovations by empowering institutions to claim sovereignty and visibility on their research output.
This session explores how DOCID™ has emerged as a tool for capacity building and localisation across Africa, and how its principles and model can be adapted or combined .During the session we will share insights from training programs and partnerships aimed at strengthening open infrastructure ownership. We’ll engage participants in discussion about the benefits of using DOCID™ persistent identifier systems that is responsive to local governance and multilingual metadata
By showcasing DOCID as a homegrown infrastructure rooted in openness and equity, this session encourages cross-regional reflection on building inclusive, community-led systems that promotes Africa PID Alliance’s mission of “Becoming Open” in a truly global and representative way.
Tagline
Using Open Infrastructure to expose undisputed African data in the global knowledge economy
| Keywords | #OpenInfrastructure, DOCiD, Africa, PIDs |
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