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With this last change everything is set up to work correctly. The rest of this configuration file is meant for JAVA developers that wish to provide integration with other systems beside ORCID. Developers that wish to display other fields than first and last name can also have a look in that section.

Note: Each metadata field has a separate set of authority records. Authority keys are not shared between different metadata fields. E. g. multiple dc.contributor.author can have the same authority key and point to the same authority record in the cache. But when an ORCID is chosen for a dc.contributor.editor field, a separate record is made in the cache. Both records are updated from the same source and will contain the same information. The difference is that when performing a look-up of a person that has been introduced as an authority for an author field but not yet as an editor, it will show as record that is not yet present in the repository cache.

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The authority cache and look-up functionality can be extended to use other sources than ORCID or to show more information in the look-up interface. However some JAVA development is necessary for this. Specific instructions can be found in the readme file of the org.dspace.authority package.

FAQ

How to add additional fields in the authority cache that are not related to ORCID?

Make the same configuration step as for adding additional fields under ORCID. Currently the ORCID suggestions cannot be turned off for specific fields, that would require custom code. But they can very well be ignored.