ORCID in the EduPerson Schema

The eduPerson schema added the eduPersonOrcid attribute in its February 2016 update.

As per the eduPerson specification:

  RFC4512  definition
  ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.16
  NAME 'eduPersonOrcid'
  DESC 'ORCID researcher identifiers belonging to the principal'
  EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
  SYNTAX  '1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15' )

Note that the format for this field is the ORCID-preferred URI representation of the iD, i.e. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5727-2427.

Further information about the format of the ORCID iD can be found in Structure of the ORCID identifier.