# Why PID strategies need more than PIDs: our first position paper - Crossref **URL:** \ **Category:** Crossref strategy\ **Tags:** governance, policy, blog, research-nexus, research-funders\ **Created:** [20 July 2026 16:04 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132 "2026-07-20T16:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crossref](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/crossref/32/31_2.png) [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2026 16:04 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132/1 "2026-07-20T16:04:08Z")
PID strategies are being written around the world right now, and the decisions being made will shape the scholarly record for decades. After 25 years running open scholarly infrastructure—now on behalf of 25,000 members in 167 countries—Crossref has an informed perspective on what those decisions should ideally rest on. Today we’re setting it out in our’s first position paper: [Persistent identifiers in research infrastructure policy: the need for a holistic approach](https://doi.org/10.13003/q4vu-l2mw). You can read it online or [download the PDF](https://www.crossref.org/publications/pid-position-paper-july-2026.pdf); it’s a 16-minute read. * * * This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.crossref.org/blog/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper/](https://www.crossref.org/blog/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper/) ---
**Author:** ![rclark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/rclark/32/19_2.png) [@rclark](https://community.crossref.org/u/rclark)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2026 16:35 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132/2 "2026-07-20T16:35:46Z")
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**Author:** ![Ginny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ginny/32/1694_2.png) [@Ginny](https://community.crossref.org/u/Ginny)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2026 17:40 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132/3 "2026-07-20T17:40:04Z")
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**Author:** ![boutaleb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/boutaleb/32/2252_2.png) [@boutaleb](https://community.crossref.org/u/boutaleb)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2026 19:07 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132/4 "2026-07-20T19:07:41Z")
Excellent position paper —both insightful and beautifully designed 👏. I particularly liked the geometric pattern on the cover ; it reminded me of the traditional _zellige_ of Fez, Morocco 🇲🇦. As someone from Morocco, I found that detail especially meaningful. Congratulations to the Crossref team :crossref_icon: ! 👏 👏 👏 ---
**Author:** ![Ginny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ginny/32/1694_2.png) [@Ginny](https://community.crossref.org/u/Ginny)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2026 21:18 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132/5 "2026-07-20T21:18:00Z")
Haha thank you Nadia! I think it’s actually from the Alcazar in Sevilla, but yes - tiles seem to express Crossref infrastructure well - detailed, painstaking work but also sometimes colourful and inspiring at scale?! ---
**Author:** ![thetan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/thetan/32/1626_2.png) [@thetan](https://community.crossref.org/u/thetan)\ **Post date:** [21 July 2026 12:09 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132/6 "2026-07-21T12:09:21Z")
What will happen if AWS, Google Cloud and another cloud services could turn off at once? Where will it be? What about all-humanity? Do we have it written somewhere for next (if any) civilizations to find it? Just interesting for me ---
**Author:** ![rclark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/rclark/32/19_2.png) [@rclark](https://community.crossref.org/u/rclark)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2026 17:38 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/why-pid-strategies-need-more-than-pids-our-first-position-paper-crossref/16132/7 "2026-08-04T17:38:32Z")
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