markpitblado, 2 months ago

@cory it is a way to verify an orcid id within your GitHub profile. This will place the orcid icon beside the link. Otherwise, anyone could put any orcid link in their bio and claim that it is them

cory, 2 months ago

@markpitblado huh, I hadn’t seen it before. What is orcid?

markpitblado, 2 months ago

@cory for an example of what it looks like when connected, I have it currently connected to my GitHub

cory, 2 months ago

@markpitblado huh, so it’s a verification system?

nana7777, 2 months ago

@cory @markpitblado Yes, and it is used to locate a scholar when relating to professional papers, you may find this link in some papers. There are so many people with the same name lol.

cory, 2 months ago

@nana7777 @markpitblado haha makes sense! All I’ve got is an undergrad business degree so I had no idea.

nana7777, 2 months ago

@cory Many teams put their code on the Github for other scholars, may be that's the reasin why Github give this link.

cory, 2 months ago

@nana7777 I like that a lot — seems like a smart integration given the use case.