More bad news ... and some good

We have been trying out the Pure EPrints connector in Pure 4.20.2 Test hoping that this will enable us to at least demonstrate the concept of the transfer of ORCID iDs to the White Rose Research Repository Online. Unfortunately, there is a problem with the EPrints connector that is not related to ORCID. The problem is fixed in Pure 4.20.3 so we will abandon 4.20.2 and look to the moving on to 4.20.3. At time of writing, we have no timescale for the implementation of 4.20.3.

The good news is that the project continues to receive high level support within the University. The Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research now has her ORCID iD in Pure. She also wishes to send out the emails that will launch the full implementation at York.