ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has announced that in 2014 it will be expanding the number of languages supported. ORCID user interface will now be available in Korean also. The translation of the ORCID user interface was made possible through the dedicated volunteer efforts of Senator Jeong, an ORCID Ambassador.
Users may now register for an ORCID identifier and manage their account in Korean. This augments the organisation’s current support for five languages (English, French, Spanish, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese), and builds upon capabilities ORCID has offered since launch for adding content, including alternate names, in multiple character sets.
ORCID plans to roll out three additional languages in 2014: Portuguese, Russian, and Japanese. Technical support in English will continue to be offered.
Since ORCID’s launch in October 2012, more than 640,000 researchers and scholars have registered for an ORCID iD. There are users in every country and territory, and members on every continent.
