Direct answer
Author Identity, in this Governance, is limited to the following inspected scope. OAuth-authenticated ORCID iDs associate a record holder with a persistent identifier and can be carried in research-output metadata. A controlled vocabulary distinguishes fourteen kinds of contribution to research outputs. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Governance
Keep the answer within the inspected source scope and make every operational step or conceptual relation explicit.
Do not use completeness of presentation as a substitute for evidence, review, or release.
Applied scope: OAuth-authenticated ORCID iDs associate a record holder with a persistent identifier and can be carried in research-output metadata. A controlled vocabulary distinguishes fourteen kinds of contribution to research outputs.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is agentic-publishing. This route may apply release; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
This property may publish publishing protocols, editorial templates, release guidance. It must not publish duplicate research records or unlabelled machine authorship.
Evidence and exact locators
Collecting and sharing ORCID iDs — Why it is important to collect authenticated ORCID iDs; How it works; metadata passed downstream. Establishes: OAuth-authenticated ORCID iDs associate a record holder with a persistent identifier and can be carried in research-output metadata.
CRediT — Contributor Role Taxonomy — CRediT’s 14 Contributor Roles. Establishes: A controlled vocabulary distinguishes fourteen kinds of contribution to research outputs.
What the evidence does not establish
An ORCID iD does not prove every biographical claim, contribution, affiliation, or authorship decision.
A contributor role does not by itself determine authorship, responsibility for every claim, identity, or contribution quality.
This route must not claim duplicate research records.
This route must not claim unlabelled machine authorship.
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Questions this page can answer
What does Author Identity mean in this bounded context?
Author Identity, in this Governance, is limited to the following inspected scope. OAuth-authenticated ORCID iDs associate a record holder with a persistent identifier and can be carried in research-output metadata. A controlled vocabulary distinguishes fourteen kinds of contribution to research outputs. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this governance answer?
Collecting and sharing ORCID iDs (living guidance inspected 2026-09-06), at Why it is important to collect authenticated ORCID iDs; How it works; metadata passed downstream, supports oAuth-authenticated ORCID iDs associate a record holder with a persistent identifier and can be carried in research-output metadata. CRediT — Contributor Role Taxonomy (ANSI/NISO standard approved 2022; site inspected 2026-09-06), at CRediT’s 14 Contributor Roles, supports a controlled vocabulary distinguishes fourteen kinds of contribution to research outputs.
What does the evidence not establish?
An ORCID iD does not prove every biographical claim, contribution, affiliation, or authorship decision. A contributor role does not by itself determine authorship, responsibility for every claim, identity, or contribution quality. Property boundary: This route may apply release; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which definition or canonical owner must be read first?
This page is the local agentic-publishing definition for its topic. Related applications may depend on it but may not silently redefine it.
What source, policy, implementation, or release change would require revision?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.