---
id: "grid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science", "identifiers"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/grid"
---

# Global Research Identifier (`grid`)

Global Research Identifier Database (GRID) is a database of educational and research organizations worldwide, created and maintained by Digital Science & Research Solutions Ltd., part of the technology company Digital Science.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science), Universal unique identifiers (identifiers)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
grid\.\d{4,6}\.[0-9a-f]{1,2}
```

## Examples

- `grid.1012.2` — University of Western Australia
- `grid.454116.3` — Republic of Korea National Red Cross

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `grid`
- orgid: `XI-GRID`
- wikidata: `P2427`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `gridbyfieldname` (field, `common/science.yaml`)
- `gridbyvalue` (data, `common/science.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Research_Identifier_Database>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2427>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/grid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/grid.yaml>