STIP and STI Definitions
Abstract
Concise statement (5000 words or less) of the purpose, scope, and major findings of work reported in a scientific and technical information (STI) product.
Accepted Manuscript (AM)
An accepted manuscript is the version of the article that has been accepted for publication by a publisher and includes changes made by the author during the peer-review process, also known as the final peer-reviewed accepted manuscript. It includes the same content as the published article in the journal and may or may not include all of the publisher's form or format. The key criteria for submission of accepted manuscripts to OSTI are (1) that DOE partially or completely funded the research reflected in the article or accepted manuscript, and (2) that the publication has been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Access Limitation
Intellectual property or distribution limitation category of an STI product.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements of technical assistance that contribute to the content of the STI product.. Acknowledgements should identify the DOE program office(s) that sponsored the research. The DOE award or contract number should also be included in the Acknowledgements text.
AN 241.1
A web submission interface used by DOE Headquarters Programs and DOE site/facility management contractors to transmit metadata (and full-text, when applicable) about an STI Product to OSTI for announcement, as appropriate. The 241.1 metadata can also be provided to OSTI via Application Programming Interface (API).
AN 241.3
A web submission interface used by financial assistance recipients and DOE non-site/facility management contractors to transmit metadata (and full-text, when applicable) about an STI product to OSTI for announcement, as appropriate.
AN 241.5
A submission interface used to transmit metadata about a classified or UCNI STI Product to OSTI for announcement via ESN. The 241.5 metadata can also be provided to OSTI via batch upload submission on ESN.
AN 241.6
A web submission interface used by DOE Headquarters Programs, DOE site/facility management contractors, and financial assistance recipients to transmit metadata about a dataset to OSTI for announcement, as appropriate. For DOE Headquarters Programs and DOE site/facility management contractors, the 241.6 metadata can also be provided to OSTI via the API (Application Programming Interface).
Announcement Notice (AN)
Transmission to the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) of an announcement record/metadata (AN 241.1, AN 241.3, or AN 241.6) or announcement record/metadata and entire STI product. OSTI will control access based upon the limitations designated by the submitting site.
Announcement Record
Record containing metadata used to describe an STI product for announcement and availability. The record is based on required data elements as well as optional data elements and transmitted to OSTI via the AN 241.1, AN 241.3, or AN 241.6
Announcement Status
The announcement status is the state of the announcement notice in E-Link. An announcement status can be Saved, Submitted to Releasing Official, Submitted to OSTI, or Completed.
Application Programming Interface
An Application Programming Interface, or API, is a set of software instructions and standards that allows machine to machine communication. Can also refer to a set of functions and procedures allowing the creation of applications that access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service.
Author
Author(s) and their employers are typically identified on the information product. Editors and compilers also may be identified.
Authorities
Lists established and used by DOE to standardize information in bibliographic records. Fields which include language, sponsoring organizations, originating research organizations, subject categories, etc. Information must be entered in designated formats to optimize search and retrieval.
Award
The provision of funds by DOE, based on an approved application and budget or progress report, to an organizational entity or an individual to carry out a project or activity.
Batch Upload
Batch Upload is a mechanism used to submit multiple announcement records simultaneously.
Catalog
(See STI/Metadata Curation)
In library and information science, cataloging is the process of creating metadata representing information resources. Cataloging provides information such as creator names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation of bibliographic records. Metadata are in machine-readable form and are indexed by information retrieval tools, such as bibliographic databases or search engines. OSTI includes Abstract and Indexing (A&I) as one aspect of metadata curation.
Category
There are four categories of classified information. Classification categories of Restricted Data (RD), Formerly Restricted Data (FRD), and Transclassified Foreign Nuclear Information (TFNI) are governed by the Atomic Energy Act and Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1045. The classification category of National Security Information (NSI) is governed by Presidential Executive order (E.O.) 13526 and 32 CFR part 2001.
Change Notice
A Change Notice is a mechanism used by sites to notify OSTI when the Access Limitation for STI has been changed.
Classification Level
Classified information is identified by level and by category. The classification level is based on the damage to national security that would be caused by unauthorized disclosure. There are three levels of classification: Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential. See "Category" for informaton about how Classified Information is categorized.
Consortium Agreement
A formalized agreement whereby a research project is carried out by the recipient and one or more other organizations that are separate legal entities. Under the agreement, the recipient must perform a substantive role in the conduct of the planned research and not merely serve as a conduit of funds to another party or parties.
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is information the government creates or possesses, or that an entity creates or possesses for or behalf of the government, that a law, regulation, or government-wide policy (LRGWP) requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls.
Cookies
Provide a way for the Web site to recognize you and keep track of your preferences.
Copyright Notice
Statement that retains the nonexclusive right for the government to copy STI that was funded by a government agency although the copyright may be owned by a nongovernment entity. For more information, review STI and Copyright.
Current Submissions
Refers to STI submissions that were entered and are currently being processed within a site's own internal review and release cycle. Each site's document review and release process and cycle is unique and takes varying amounts of time depending on volume and resources. Sometimes referred to as NEW submissions and also in relation to upcoming (future) submissions.
Data
A value or set of values representing a specific concept or concepts. Data become information when analyzed and possibly combined with other data in order to extract meaning and to provide context. The meaning of data can vary depending on its context. Data includes, but is not limited to, 1) geospatial data 2) unstructured data, 3) structured data, 4) raw data 5) processed data, etc.
Data Curation
Data curation enables data discovery and retrieval, maintains data quality, adds value, and provides for re-use over time through activities including authentication, archiving, metadata creation, digital preservation, and transformation. Checks may include (Can the files be opened?, Are they free of copyright restrictions?, Do they appear to be free of sensitive data?, Are the metadata and documentation complete and correct?, Is adequate description provided to ensure reusability?)
Data Project
A Data Project is a specific research group, data center, user facility, or other DOE-funded endeavor that is creating research data.
DataCite
DataCite is a global non-profit organization that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for research data. OSTI is a member of DataCite and registers DOIs for datasets and software through this organization.
Dataset
A collection of related data used in scientific research to discover new findings in the field. Datasets are found in many forms, including animations/simulations, figures/plots, genome/genetics data, instruments, interactive data map(s), multimedia, still images or photos, numeric data, or a specialized mix of different types.
Deliverables
End product or outcome of a funded project or program and identified in a contract or work proposal.
Departmental (or DOE) Elements
First-tier organizations at Headquarters (DOE organizations located in the Washington Metropolitan Area) and in the field (DOE sites (excluding individual duty stations) located outside of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area). First-tier at Headquarters includes the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary, and secretarial officers (assistant secretaries and staff office directors). First-tier elements in the field are managers of the eight operations offices, managers of the three field offices, and the administrators of the power marketing administrations.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is an alphanumeric string assigned to uniquely identify an object. It is tied to a metadata description of the object as well as to a digital location, such as a URL, where the details about the object are accessible. DOIs are permanent and do not change, although different versions of STI, such as an article (i.e. preprint and published) or dataset (version 1 and version 2) can have different DOIs. For more information about how OSTI assigns DOIs to certain STI products, see the DOI Assignment Flowchart.
Disclaimer
A repudiation or denial of responsibility or connection. Specific disclaimers may be required based on funding agreements and characteristics of STI products.
Document Type Definition (DTD)
The document type definition defines the document structure with a list of legal elements of a document and is the set of markup declarations that define a document type for an SGML-family markup language such as XML. The DTD defines the structure, legal elements, and attributes of the XML document used for Batch Uploads in CE-Link.
Documents
Recorded information regardless of its medium or characteristics. The term Documents is used in a variety of contexts. In addition the state/status of documents can also be categorized and referred to using additional terminology (e.g. DOE 452.8) .
DOE CODE
The DOE software services platform and search tool for DOE-funded code. DOE CODE provides functionality for collaboration, archiving, and discovery of scientific and business software. DOE CODE replaces OSTIs old software center, the Energy Science and Technology Software Center (ESTSC).
DOE Order 241.1B
The purpose of DOE Order 241.1B, Scientific and Technical Information Management, is to ensure that STI is appropriately managed as part of the DOE mission to enable the advancement of scientific knowledge and technological innovation.
Energy Link (E-Link)
Energy Link (E-Link) is the Department of Energy's corporate system, developed and maintained by OSTI, used for submitting STI products to OSTI. Unclassified (excluding UCNI) STI is submitted to OSTI using E-Link, while UCNI and classified STI are submitted to OSTI using CE-Link.
Export Controlled Information (Subset of CUI)
Unclassified technical information whose export is subject to export control and whose unrestricted public dissemination could help proliferates or potential adversaries of the United States.
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
XML is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.
Extramural Awards
Awards granted by the DOE to researchers and organizational entities outside the DOE complex.
Extramural Research
Research supported by DOE through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement to an organizational entity outside the DOE complex.
Funding Office See Sponsoring Organization
The funding office(s) or sponsoring organization(s) may be identified by name, symbol/logo, or B&R code of the DOE office providing the support or funding.
H-index
The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h, such that the given author has published h papers that have been cited h times.
JavaScript
A programming language that enables interactive page elements such as navigation buttons and drop-down menus. As one of the core technologies of the web, the majority of websites use Javacript for client-side page behavior.
JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write and for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others.
Legacy Collection
Comprised of STI products, presently available only in paper form, spanning the period from the late 1940s to 2001, produced by government contractors, and by predecessors to the U.S. Department of Energy, i.e., the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA).
Legacy Documents
Refers to STI submissions that fall into one of the following categories:
1. Entered into site's internal review and release cycle but were not identified as STI requiring submission to OSTI, but should have been submitted to OSTI based on 241.1B submission requirements.
2. Did not enter site's internal review and release cycle but should have been submitted to OSTI based on 241.1B submission requirements.
3. No site process existed to ensure that STI that should have been submitted to OSTI occurred. STI that has not been submitted to OSTI by sites per DOE Order 241.1B may date back many years and in some instances decades. The distinction between current and Legacy (backlog) submissions may be important in relation to documents reviews required per certain DOE Orders (e.g. 241.1B, 452.8, etc.) and additional regulatory requirements.
Life Cycle Information Management
Life Cycle Information Management indicates that information resources need to be managed as long as they are useful. The activities involved include planning, coordinating, budgeting, organizing, protecting, delivering, storing, and disposition.
Limited Rights Data (Subset of CUI)
Formerly Proprietary/Trade Secrets. Information that embodies trade secrets developed at private expense outside of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement and commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. (B)(4) and that is marked as proprietary information. Information that contains trade secrets or commercial or financial information which is privileged or confidential, and may only include such information that (a) has been held in confidence by its owner; (b) is of a type customarily held in confidence by its owner; (c) has not been transmitted to other entities except on the basis that it be held in confidence; and (d) is not otherwise available to the receiving party from another source without restriction on its further dissemination.
Live
The term "Live" is generally used to indicate that a DOI has been assigned to a new metadata record and has been recorded with a DOI registration agency.
M&O Contractors
Management and operating contractors. An organization that enters into an agreement under which the Government contracts for the operation, maintenance, or support, on its behalf, of a Government-owned or -controlled research, development, special production, or testing establishment wholly or principally devoted to one or more major programs of the contracting Federal agency.
Major Site/Facility Management Contractors
Term used to describe M&O contractors.
Metadata
Metadata is data that describe the characteristics or attributes of a document or other type of STI product (data, software, technical report, conference, etc), used for announcement and retrieval. In addition to basic descriptive bibliographic information such as title, author, publication date, research performer or originating site, a minimum set of metadata fields is required to facilitate identification and ensure appropriate announcement, such as access restrictions or release authorization. Additional optional metadata fields are used to optimize retrieval via web-based products.
Non-Major Site/Facility Management Contractors
Term used to describe a non-M&O contractor.
OpenNet
A web based database of Departmental documents that have been declassified and determined to be publicly releasable, sponsored by the Department of Energys Office of Classification, Non-STI OpenNet documents and metadata should be submitted to the Department via the OpenNet application. STI OpenNet products and metadata should be submitted to OSTI via the DOE AN 241.1.
ORCID
ORCID is a global, community-led organization providing digital identifiers (ORCID iDs) to researchers for the benefit of being uniquely identified and reliably connected with their professional information (affiliations, awards, publications, and more). ORCID iDs are an effective solution for author disambiguation and improving authors potential for recognition and discoverability of their research.
Originating Site
A term used to denote the organization that prepares and makes available an STI product. In some cases, it is the same as the originating research organization (either DOE or DOE contractor). For non-M&O generated STI products, the DOE awarding office may fulfill or delegate this role.
Patent Pending (Subset of CUI)
A phrase that often appears on manufactured items, meaning that someone has applied for a patent on an invention that is contained in the manufactured items.
Performing Organization see Research Organization
The name and address of the performing or research organization and/or site of origin are typically identified. Subcontract work is normally submitted through the performing R&D contractor or laboratory.
Persistent Identifier (PID)
An identifier that is unique, global, persistent, resolvable, and with an associated metadata schema that is assigned to an entity (e.g., individual researcher, federal funding mechanism, digital research object) in perpetuity and is frequently used to disambiguate entities (e.g., two researchers with the same name). See digital object identifier (DOI); persistent uniform resource locator (PURL).
Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL)
Uniform Resource Locator that is used to redirect the location of the requested web resource. If a web resource changes location, a PURL pointing to it can be updated. A user of a PURL always uses the same Web address, even if the item itself has moved. See digital object identifier (DOI); persistent identifier (PI); Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Personally Identifiable Information is information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, either alone or when combined with other information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual.
PII is categorized as either Public PII or Protected PII.
Public PII is available in public sources such as telephone books, public websites, business cards, university listings, etc. Public PII does not require redaction prior to document submission to OSTI. Some common examples of Public PII include:
- First and last name
- Address
- Work telephone number
- Email address
- Home telephone number
- General educational credentials (e.g., those credentials typically found in resumes)
Protected PII is defined as an individuals first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more types of information, including, but not limited to, social security number, passport number, credit card numbers, clearances, bank numbers, biometrics, date and place of birth, mothers maiden name, criminal, medical and financial records, educational transcripts, etc. Protected PII must be protected in accordance with DOE O 206.1, and requires redaction prior to document submission to OSTI. Some common examples of Protected PII include:
- Social Security numbers in any form
- Date and place of birth associated with an individual
- Drivers license number associated with an individual
- Mothers maiden name associated with an individual
- Medical history information associated with an individual, e.g.,
- Medical conditions, including history of disease
- Metric information, e.g., weight, height, blood pressure
- Criminal history associated with an individual
- Employment history and other employment information associated with an individual, e.g.,
- Ratings
- Disciplinary actions
- Financial information associated with an individual, e.g.,
- Credit card numbers
- Bank account numbers
- Security clearance history or related information (not including actual clearances held)
- Biometric record associated with an individual, e.g.,
- Fingerprint
- Iris scan
- DNA
Publicaton Date
A publication or issuance date and the basis for it are recommended to be provided on the information product. Examples of dates are shown:
Type of Date
Sample Text
Date published/issued
August 4, 2005
July 2005
Summer 2005
Manuscript date
June 13, 2005
Date compiled
January - March 2005
Publicly Releasable Information
Unclassified unlimited information that can be made available to anyone via the web or any other means of availability.
R&D Project Identification Number
A unique and permanent project identifier that is assigned to an R&D project by either the DOE operations office, DOE program office, DOE laboratory, or other DOE organization. The project ID may be included as a reference on the STI deliverable or accompanying transmittal document to relate the deliverable to the appropriate R&D funding source.
Reference/Citation Traversal
This is a value-added feature offered in OSTI.GOV and DOE PAGES which shows a citation tree based on the journal article record being viewed. The user can click on articles referenced by the paper or articles that have cited the paper, and the tree will update, showing the citation traversal from that article's perspective. This service is only available to DOE-funded laboratories and facilities and is IP-authenticated.
Register/Registering a DOI
Registering is assigning a new metadata record with a digital object Identifier (DOI) and recording that information with a DOI registration agency.
Releasing Official
Releasing Official is an individual designated with responsibility for ensuring that STI has undergone appropriate reviews, that subsequent recommendation to OSTI is made via established systems regarding release of STI in the public domain (i.e., unlimited announcement) or restricted access, and that DOE approved access limitations, availability restrictions and legal disclaimers have been applied as appropriate, as well as ensuring compliance with other statutory, regulatory, Executive order, and/or other Departmental requirements. The Releasing Official is either a Federal employee responsible for Federally produced or assistance awardees? STI or is a major facility contractor responsible for their STI.
Reprint/Version of Record
A copy of a journal article or similar document obtained from the publisher in the form in which it was published and will be copyrighted by the publisher. May also be referred to as the Version of Record (VoR).
Request Processing
The process of fulfilling a request for OSTI product(s) that encompasses all activities between request receipt and delivery and includes:
a) request receipt;
b) product location;
c) sensitivity review determination /coordination;
d) digitization activities (prep, digitize, QC, re-file);
e) metadata curation;
f) document markings;
g) product delivery to requestor;
h) overall request tracking
Reserve a DOI
The ability to assign a DOI as a placeholder with the OSTI E-Link ingest system, but the DOI is not yet registered with a registration agency.
Resolve/Resolving
A host or domain name uses a mapping process of text to a unique number in order to connect and get the required information from the web server to link a user to a desired Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
Saved Records
Records saved by a user to be completed at a later time.
Schema.org
Schema.org is a collaborative, community activity with a mission to create, maintain, and promote schemas for structured data on the Internet, on web pages, in email messages, and beyond. Schema.org vocabulary can be used with many different encodings, including RDFa, Microdata and JSON-LD.
Scientific and Technical (S&T) Accomplishment Report
An S&T accomplishment report describes an outcome of R&D that has significantly affected commerce or standard of living or is recognized as a major scientific or technical advancement. It reports scientific or technical results, as opposed to a research highlight, which describes a noteworthy current R&D project or field of investigation that, if successful, could lead to an S&T accomplishment.
Scientific and Technical Information
Information products, in any format or medium, which contain findings and technological innovations resulting from research and development (R&D) efforts and scientific and technological work of scientists, researchers, and engineers, whether federal employee, contractor, or financial assistance recipient. STI also conveys the results of demonstration and commercial application activities as well as experiments, observations, simulations, studies, and analyses. STI can be unclassified or classified. DOE STI is the body of scientific, technical, or associated knowledge identified as having value to accomplish DOE's missions and support the advancement of science.
Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP)
A collaboration from across the DOE/NNSA complex working to ensure that the results of DOE-funded research and development (R&D) and other science and technology activities are identified, disseminated, and preserved. OSTIs classified STIP is responsible for classified/UCNI STIP related functions.
Security Sensitive Information (Subset of CUI)
Unclassified information of a sensitive nature, that if publicly disclosed could be expected to have a harmful impact on the security of Federal operations or assets, the public health or safety of the citizens of the United States or its residents, or the nation's long-term economic prosperity; and which describes, discusses, or reflects:
1) the ability of any element of the critical infrastructure of the United States to resist intrusion, interference, compromise, theft, or incapacitation by either physical or computer-based attack or other similar conduct that violates Federal, State, or local law; harms interstate, international commerce of the United States; or, threatens public health or safety;
2) any currently viable assessment, projection, or estimate of the security vulnerability of any element of the critical infrastructure of the United States, specifically including, but not limited to vulnerability assessment, security testing, risk evaluation, risk-management planning, or risk audit; and
3) any currently applicable operational problem or solution regarding the security of any element of the critical infrastructure of the United States, specifically including but not limited to the repair, recovery, redesign, reconstruction, relocation, insurance, and continuity of operations of any element.
Site
Refer to Originating Site.
Site Ownership Code
Within E-Link, each user account is associated with a specific Site Ownership Code which only allows access to records with the same Site Ownership Code. Therefore, authorized users will have access only to his approved site(s) and will not be allowed access to other sites records.
Sponsoring Organization
Also known as the funding office, the sponsoring organization is typically the DOE Headquarters program office that funds or sponsors the research activities.
STI Manager
Serves as a POC for their site, interacts with OSTI, provides approval for all E-Link users, and ensures STI records for their sites are submitted.
STI Report/Product Number
To assist in retrievability, it is recommended that every product published by an originating organization be assigned a standard report/product number that contains some unique identifier that can be traced to the site of origin. The report number formats typically used within the Department are based on the American National Standards Institute Standard Technical Report Number (STRN) Format and Creation (ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997). Examples are shown below.
Special numbering may be used for a report series or sequence and translations. Existing series or numbering guidelines used within the Department are available from OSTI.
Report Number
Description
Standard Report Prefix
DOE Program Office
DOE/XX B nnn, where XX is 2-letter office code, followed by numerical sequence
DOE Field Element
DOE/ZZ B nnn, where ZZ is 2-letter field code, followed by numerical sequence
Major Project Office
DOE/XX B nnn, where XX is 2- or 3-letter office code, followed by numerical sequence
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Example: DOE/NETL B nn/nnnn
Major Laboratories/Contractors
Most laboratories have approved report series prefixes; e.g., ANL/TN B nnn. May also use DOE/XXXB nnn, where XXX represents approved site codes.
Other Contractors and Financial Assistance Recipients
DOE/XX/nnnnn B where letters and numbers are extracted from contract number.
STI/Metadata Curation
STI metadata curation is the active and ongoing management of data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to DOE and non-DOE researchers; curation activities enable data discovery and retrieval, maintain quality, add value, and provide for re-use over time. OSTI metadata curation includes Abstract and Indexing (A&I) in addition to other curation activities. Although much of the curation involves electronic records, OSTI maintain extensive hardcopy records that are also part of curation activities.
STIP Liaison
The STIP Liaison serves as the OSTI representative and advocate for the STIP community regarding STI. This person is involved in activities or discussions with DOE/NNSA sites concerning STIP collaboration business, cross-cutting STIP issue resolutions, STI order and guide, performance objectives and measures, STI policies and procedures, STIP planning and special focus teams, and STI submissions and reporting.
Submitted to OSTI
Whenever records are successfully submitted in E-Link without any errors, they are in the state "Submitted to OSTI." During this time, the record is not yet available to the public. Within a few business days, the record will complete processing and the status will change to "Completed", and will be available in OSTI's output products.
Submitted to Releasing Official
A record is awaiting verification and release by your site's Releasing Official.
Technical Report
Technical reports describe the results and findings of research and development projects and other DOE-funded activities. For direct-procurement type awards, technical reports are formal documents usually identified as required reporting deliverables and may cover a specified time frame referred to as the reporting period. For major site/facility contractors, in addition to formal reports, these may be any technical document that contains technical information useful to others, including the results of research determined not appropriate or rejected for open literature publication.
Title
A brief title is recommended that describes the subject matter covered. A subtitle may be used for further clarification. Additional guidelines are provided below:
- When an STI product has more than one volume, repeat the primary title on each volume. Use a subtitle to identify the specific subject of the individual volume.
- If the report is other than topical, provide the report type and the period covered, if appropriate, as part of the title or subtitle. For non-major site/facility management contractor generated reports, the report type and period covered are critical for acknowledging receipt of specified deliverables.
- Unclassified titles must be used for classified documents. The titles must be marked with the appropriate classification level, category, and any caveats, as applicable (see DOE M 471.2-1C).
Title Page
Contains abstract (optional), author, award/contract/financial assistance number, date, funding office, performing organization, report number, and title.
Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI)
Certain unclassified but controlled government information concerning nuclear materials, weapons, and components whose dissemination is controlled under section 148 of the Atomic Energy Act.
Unclassified Unlimited Information (UNL)
Unclassified information that is publicly releasable.
US Government ORCID Consortium
A group of DOE-affiliated and US government organizations looking to use, adopt, and integrate with ORCID iDs through ORCID membership.