ORCID Authority / ORCID integration

[kos...@ufal.mff.cuni.cz]

Hi, I've configured the ORCID Authority as described in https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/ORCID+Authority. The lookup appears in the submission form just fine. And with https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/2653 it seems it'll be possible to add/change the values in the edit item. Is there some sort of configuration for the info the lookup shows (other than the first/last name)?

Also, if I'm not missing something obvious, it seems rather difficult to actually get the ORCID/ID (in order to display it or expose in OAI-PMH). When I have a row from the metadatavalue table, the authority column is a random UUID (used as id in the Solr authority cache), not the ORCID. Is there any mechanism to get the ORCID? I've seen https://github.com/atmire/RIOXX53/blob/master/dspace/modules/additions/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/util/ItemUtils.java#L152 which, I guess, could be used in v7/v8 OAI-PMH as well. But I'm unsure if there's anything for the frontend (or the REST API).

Is there a tendency to move these sorts of things into configurable entities? From https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9086 it seems that one would need to play with the virtual metadata to add/map the ORCID. That seems a bit simpler (less places to modify) compared to resolving the authority key via the Solr authority cache in all the right places.

Additionally, does either approach make it easier to search for works using the ORCID?

Thanks for any inputs.

Best Regards,

Ondřej