Architecture
The main functionality of PTCRISync is to synchronized user profiles of interested services with the respective ORCID profiles, acting as a proxy between the two services. Thus, the parties involved in the process are:
- The ORCID service (see an overview of relevant concepts)
- A CRIS service using PTCRISync (see the imposed requirements
- The PTCRISync library (see a description of the synchronization procedures)
- A CRIS interface implementing PTCRISync (see a recommended interface)
- The user, which acts directly on both the CRIS and ORCID profiles, and grants privileges to PTCRISync
To encapsulate the communication with ORCID, PTCRISync relies on an third-party ORCID client.
