Rodrigo CostasNov 14, 2022
MattNurse

Academics who are on GitHub, consider upvoting this excellent suggestion from @Edent (see link below).

The suggestion is to change the code used by ORCID's website to allow Mastodon verification links to be found. This would allow Mastodon users with an ORCID page to verify that they are the author of the publications listed on their ORCID page.

https://github.com/ORCID/ORCID-Source/issues/6668

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rel="me" links are not rendered in the source code · Issue #6668 · ORCID/ORCID-Source

Websites like Mastodon, allow users to "verify" their profiles on other websites. For example, adding <a href="https://mastodon.example/@username" rel="me">Mastodon</a> to a website will let a craw...

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Show threadVictor VenemaNov 9, 2022

@MattNurse It is a good idea, but maybe we should not call it a verification. Everyone can start a ORCID page, not?

@Edent

Show threadTerence EdenNov 9, 2022

@VictorVenema @MattNurse "Verification" is the term used in the official Mastodon documentation.
See - https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/#verification

What it means is that it shows you have (some degree of) control over the website you're linking to.

Setting up your profile - Mastodon documentation

Get started with your new account.

Show threadClare Conry-MurrayNov 9, 2022

@Edent @VictorVenema @MattNurse

Can I put the copied text anywhere on the website? Any suggestions for on ORC ID?

Show threadTerence EdenNov 9, 2022
@cconrymurray Yes, anywhere on any website. And then link to that website on your Mastodon profile.
Show threadClare Conry-MurrayNov 9, 2022
@Edent OK, thanks! I will give it a try!
Show threadmem_somervilleNov 9, 2022
@MattNurse @Edent Oh, is that what happens at GoogleScholar too? I tried that and it didn't work.
Show threadTuomas TammistoNov 10, 2022
@MattNurse @Edent Done! Was just trying to verify myself using ORCid and realized it doesn't work, because ORCid doesn't allow using html and adding the required stuff for the Mastodon crawler to find the link.
Show threadmvolzNov 14, 2022

@MattNurse @Edent

Yup- /in general/ metadata should be rendered statically, not by JavaScript.

Metadata is almost entirely consumed by machines, not humans, and most web scrapers don't interpret JavaScript.