ABSTRACT ORCID stands for the Open Researcher & Contributor ID. It is both the digital identifier (number) for scientists and researchers, and the name of the non-profit organization. ORCID wanted to solve the problem of name ambiguity by assigning a unique identifier to the interested researchers. It was started several years ago as a voluntary community-based initiative. Currently ORCID has become an important player in science and publishing. The commonly observed situation now is that authors are asked or even forced (by publishers, universities or funding agencies) to register in ORCID, even if they do not want to. Therefore, the paper presents a use-case and discusses if there are any possible threats from ORCID’s growing position and the policy to make it mandatory. The paper also raises the question if it is ethical to force anyone (including researchers) to open and register in ORCID or any other service.

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从数据保护、隐私和科学自由的角度审视强制使用 ORCID 即将激增

摘要 ORCID 代表开放研究人员和贡献者 ID。它既是科学家和研究人员的数字标识符（编号），也是非营利组织的名称。ORCID 希望通过为感兴趣的研究人员分配唯一标识符来解决名称歧义问题。它是几年前作为一项基于社区的自愿倡议开始的。目前，ORCID 已成为科学和出版领域的重要参与者。现在普遍观察到的情况是作者被要求甚至强迫（由出版商、大学或资助机构）在 ORCID 中注册，即使他们不想。因此，本文提出了一个用例，并讨论了 ORCID 不断增长的地位和使其成为强制性政策是否存在任何可能的威胁。