{"id":1001,"date":"2025-08-22T22:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T22:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pids.ngren.edu.ng\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2025-08-23T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:30:56","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nirisproject.ngren.edu.ng\/index.php\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Welcome to NgREN Persistent Identifiers (PID) Service<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"974\"><br data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"750\" \/>NgREN\u2019s Persistent Identifier (PID) service ensures that the digital outputs of Nigeria\u2019s universities, research institutions, and cultural organizations remain <strong data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"971\">findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR)<\/strong>. Through <strong data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"375\">NgREN Persistent Identifiers (ARKs)<\/strong> \u2014 <em data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"431\">Trustworthy Links for Nigerian Research &amp; Education<\/em> \u2014 we provide permanent, citable identifiers for the nation\u2019s research and education community. With ARKs, your scholarly and cultural outputs gain stable links that last for decades, ensuring long-term visibility and impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section: Why persistent identifiers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li><strong>Reliability:<\/strong> If URLs change, the <strong>ARK<\/strong> keeps resolving to the right place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Credit &amp; impact:<\/strong> PIDs make your work <strong>findable and citable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interoperability:<\/strong> Connects people (ORCID), organizations (ROR), and outputs across systems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>National visibility:<\/strong> Showcases scholarship from Nigerian institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Section: How NgREN ARKs work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" data-spread=\"false\">\n<li><strong>Mint<\/strong> \u2014 An ARK is created in NgREN\u2019s backend (arklet) and assigned to a resource.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bind<\/strong> \u2014 The ARK is linked to descriptive metadata and a target 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