The Ringgold Identify Database is applied to organizations, not individuals or creative works, and provides additional layers of information such as hierarchies, structured metadata, and more.

The scholarly publishing ecosystem continues to rapidly evolve due to continued pressure from research funders and academic institutions to accelerate Open Access (OA), Open Research, and Open Science.

Herman Mentink focuses on the impact and importance of communication and collaboration between publishers and their institutional partners, as well as with internal stakeholders.