Which persistent identifier does what? PID functionalities

This page describes whether or not different PID types are suitable for the various aspects of Developing Identifiers for Heritage Collections. This table can be used in conjunction with the PID Descriptions to inform choice of identifiers. 

Identifier NameBaseline ImplementationAugment metadata with existing IDsIDs as links – not persistentIDs as links – local persistenceHuman readable PIDsMachine readable PIDsGlobally resolvable PIDsLink
ARKs▨■▨■■■■
CERL Thesaurus−■−−−−−
CETAF Stable Identifiers▨■▨■■■□
Dewey−■−−−−−
DOI▨■▨■■■■
EAN■■□□□□□
EDIT16−■−−−−−
EDMO−■−−−−−
EIDR−■−−−−−
FAST Subject Headings-■−−−−−
Geonames−■−−−−−
Getty Vocabularies−■−−−−−
GRID−■−−−−−
GRSciColl IDs−■−−−−−
GTIN−■−−−−−
Handle▨■▨■■■■
IGSN▨■▨■■■■
ISBN▨■−−−−−
ISNI▨■▨−■□−
ISO 639−■−−−−−
ISRC−■−−−−−
ISSN−■■−■−−
ISWC−■−−−−−
LCSH−■−−−−−
LoB−■−−−−−
LSID▨■▨■■■□
MDA Codes−■−−−−−
ORCID▨■−−−−−
ROR−■−−−−−
PDB▨■▨−■□−
Perma.cc −■−−−−−
PMID/PMCID−■−−−−−
PURL▨■■■■■□
Ringgold▨■▨−■□−
RRID▨■▨−■□−
TOID−■−−−−−
UMID−■−−−−−
UPRN−■−−−−−
URN/URI▨■■■■■□
USRN−■−−−−−
USTC−■−−−−−
UUID/GUID▨■■■■■□
VD17−■−−−−−
VIAF−■▨−■□−
w3id▨■▨■■■■
What3words−■−−−−−
Wikidata▨■▨−■■−