ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized. (http://orcid.org)
This space describes experimentations with the setup of an ORCID (http://orcid.org) & SAML account mapping service. In addition the service operates as a SAML Attribute Authority delivering the ORCID attributes for use in SAML2 based AuthN flows