Our Story

The development of SEIPID emerged from a sustained period of observation, research, and practical engagement with scholarly publishing systems between 2023 and mid-2024. During this time, recurring challenges became evident across journals, repositories, and institutional platforms — including broken links, fragmented metadata, inconsistent registry records, and high operational barriers to persistent identification. These findings highlighted the need for a cost-efficient identifier infrastructure that prioritizes long-term stability and clear metadata representation without increasing complexity for journals or researchers.

In September 2024, the decision was taken within the Expert Novice Group, in coordination with its constituent unit (Xpertno Research Center), to design SEIPID as a dedicated scholarly identifier and registry system focused on persistence, accountability, and interoperability. The initiative was founded and architected by Nasir Razzaq (AKA: Raja Nasir), with the aim of building a practical infrastructure that addresses real-world scholarly workflows rather than theoretical assumptions.

SEIPID was initially soft-launched in December 2024 with a limited cohort of participating journals to test identifier issuance, metadata registration, and resolution performance under operational conditions. Following a period of system validation and iterative improvements, governance of the SEIPID infrastructure was formally placed under Xpertno Research Center (XRC) in January 2026 to ensure institutional oversight and long-term operational continuity.

In February 2026, SEIPID entered full public release as a metadata-resolvable persistent identifier infrastructure governed and operated by XRC — supporting the stable identification, citation, and discoverability of scholarly digital outputs across evolving research platforms.