Rorie Edmunds

This week Rory is joined by Rorie Edmunds, Samples Community Manager at DataCite, for a fascinating conversation focused on the adoption and implementation of PIDs for samples in the form of International Generic Sample Number DOIs (IGSNs).

As a key figure pushing for evolution of the IGSN-DataCite partnership, Rorie has a lot to share regarding developments and challenges. Kicking things off with a high level overview of the partnership, Rorie goes on to mention how it came about, as well as elaborating on goals and issues that the partnership hopes to address.

Given Rorie's role, the conversation naturally shifts to his past and current work, and Rorie mentions his initial focus on liaising closely with current IGSN allocating agents to bring them into the DataCite family and to create IGSN-DOI registration services, including transitioning the current ca. 10 million IGSN IDs, before diving into some factors that attracted Rorie to this position.

As the conversation develops, Rory and Rorie discuss current progress and developments, as well as taking a closer look at both the communities themselves and the ways in which Rorie is getting the word out about the DataCite-IGSN partnership. In addition, Rorie also highlights some of the challenges associated with the adoption of PIDs for material samples and possible solutions.

Join us for the full conversation and learn more about the fascinating and rapidly evolving landscape of PIDs for samples!