Alex Ball reports on a conference on ‘Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet’ held by the International Council for Science’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on 28–31 October 2012. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a> Emma Tonkin looks at the current landscape of persistent identifiers, describes several current services, and examines the theoretical background behind their structure and use. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a> Paul Walk reports on an 'unconference' for developers working in and around the JISC Information Environment and institutional systems, hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath in June 2008. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/918/author-info">paul walk</a> Mahendra Mahey reports on the third international Open Repositories 2008 Conference, held at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton in April 2008. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/879/author-info">mahendra mahey</a> Julie Allinson and Mahendra Mahey report on a 2-day JISC Digital Repositories Meeting focusing on project clusters working together and other related issues held by JISC in Warwick, UK over 27-28 March 2006. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/876/author-info">julie allinson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/879/author-info">mahendra mahey</a> Richard Jones demonstrates how the Theses Alive Plugin for Institutional Repositories (Tapir) has provided E-Theses functionality for DSpace. <a href="/issue41">issue41</a> October 2004 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/749/author-info">richard jones</a> Debbie Campbell explains how the exploitation of recent standards has allowed the National Library of Australia to digitise its collections and host federated search services and provide an improved service. <a href="/issue41">issue41</a> October 2004 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/557/author-info">debbie campbell</a> Monica Duke reports on a two-day training seminar on persistent identifiers held by ERPANET in Cork, Ireland over 17-18 June 2004. <a href="/issue40">issue40</a> July 2004 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/737/author-info">monica duke</a> Andy Powell provides a graphical representation of how some well-known services, projects and software applications fit within the JISC Information Environment technical architecture. <a href="/issue36">issue36</a> July 2003 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a> Andy Powell describes UKOLN's OpenResolver, a freely available demonstration OpenURL resolver. <a href="/issue28">issue28</a> June 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a> Sandy Shaw reports on a seminar bringing together experts in the field of linking technology for JISC's JOIN-UP Programme. <a href="/issue28">issue28</a> June 2001 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/643/author-info">sandy shaw</a> Paul Miller on Digital Object Identifiers. <a href="/issue24">issue24</a> June 2000 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/292/author-info">paul miller</a> Ian Peacock explains 'URI' in plain English. <a href="/issue18">issue18</a> December 1998 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/490/author-info">ian peacock</a> Kelly Russell reports on the US CNI Conference. <a href="/issue14">issue14</a> March 1998 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/282/author-info">kelly russell</a> Andy Powell reports on a seminar organised jointly by Book Industry Communication and the UKOLN on the use of unique identifiers in electronic publishing. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a>