The PID-Component is a web component that can be used to evaluate and display FAIR Digital Objects, PIDs, ORCiDs, and possibly other identifiers in a user-friendly way. It is easily extensible to support other identifier types.
npm install @kit-data-manager/pid-component






The pid-component is an easily extensible web component that can be used to display PIDs, ORCiDs, and other
identifiers in a user-friendly way.
It is easily extensible to support other identifier types.
> A [React wrapper]() is also available
The pid-component dynamically renders a component based on the value of the value property.
Depending on the value, it decides which component to render, what priority to give it, and what props to pass to it.
It also renders itself recursively for all its children when unfolded.
You can set the maximum depth of recursion with the level-of-subcomponents property.
By default, it is set to 1, which means that it will only render the first level of children, but not their children.
You can prohibit unfolding of the component by setting the current-level-of-subcomponents to the same value as
the level-of-subcomponents property.
To use the component, import the npm-package
via unpkg.
Note that two scripts are provided: one for modern browsers (type="module") and a fallback for older browsers (
nomodule).
Include both scripts to ensure support for modern browsers (ESM) and legacy browsers:
``html
Alternatively, you can install the package via npm:
`bash
npm install @kit-data-manager/pid-component
`Then, you can use this component like this:
`html
`
You can try this web component in the demo.
Only use the
pid-component component! All the others are only for internal use and may change at any moment...There are detailed docs for the
pid-component component
available in the Storybook and in
the source code.**Please notice that you must use the hyphenated version of an attribute when using the component directly in HTML (
e.g.
currentLevelOfSubcomponents -> current-level-of-subcomponents).
When using inside Stencil or with JSX/TSX syntax, you must use the camelCase version.**Supported Types
The component automatically detects and renders the following types:
- PIDs: Resolvable via handle.net.
- DOIs: With DataCite or CrossRef metadata; resolvable via doi.org. Supports various citation
styles.
- ORCiDs: Resolvable via orcid.org. Displays profile information, affiliations, works, etc.
- RORs: Resolvable via ror.org. Displays organization details, hierarchies, and location.
- SPDX: License identifiers and URLs.
- URLs: Starting with http:// or https://.
- Email-addresses: Individual or comma-separated lists.
- Dates: Formatted date strings.
- JSON objects: Rendered with syntax highlighting and tree view using
json-viewer.
- Locales: e.g., en-US, de-DE. Visualized with flags (if region is present).
- Fallback: Everything else is rendered as a simple string.Configuration & Settings
You can customize the behavior of specific renderers by passing a JSON configuration string to the
settings property.$3
Global Settings
-
ttl (number): Time-to-live in milliseconds for cached data (default: varies by type).DOIType
-
citationStyle (string): The citation style to use for the preview.
- Options: APA, Chicago, IEEE, Harvard, Anglia Ruskin.
- Default: APA.ORCIDType
-
showAffiliation (boolean): Whether to show the affiliation in the summary.
- Default: true.
- affiliationAt (string/date as ms): The date for which the affiliation should be shown.
- Default: Current date.JSONType
-
darkMode (string): The theme for the JSON viewer.
- Options: light, dark, system.
- Default: system.$3
`html value="https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000"
settings='[{"type":"ORCIDType","values":[{"name":"showAffiliation","value":false}]}]'
>
`Monorepo
This is a monorepo containing the following packages:
- stencil-library (@kit-data-manager/pid-component)
- react-library (@kit-data-manager/react-pid-component)
Lerna is used for managing and building the packages (but you can also do it manually). To use, install Lerna:
npm install --global lerna
and then use it to build the packages:
lerna run build
It will make sure to build the packages in the correct order.
How to run when developing
1. Clone the repo
2. Run
npm installFor running storybook in dev mode, navigate to
packages/stencil-library and run these commands in separate terminals:-
npm run buildWatch
- npm run storybookAttention: Do NOT run
npm run start. It will cause the storybook to not work properly.
If you did run npm run start, delete the following folders (in packages/stencil-library) and run npm install again:-
node_modules
- www
- dist
- loader
- .stencil`