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Wrapping up 2022 with over 1000 ARK organizations

Line chart showing slow growth in ARK-assigning organizations during the 2000s, followed by a steeper rise after 2010 to 1,027 organizations in December 2022.
World map of more than 1,000 ARK-assigning organizations in December 2022. Markers cluster most densely in western Europe and the eastern United States, with additional organizations across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
Global distribution of more than 1,000 ARK-assigning organizations.

2022 has proven to be another banner year for the ARK Alliance. Some highlights:

  • We were thrilled in October this year to witness registration of the 1000th ARK organization, only 8 months after registration of the 900th organization.
  • It was a delight to welcome Donny Winston (Polyneme LLC), John Jung (University of Chicago), and Chloé Pochon (French National Institute of Art History) to the ARK Alliance working groups.
  • The ARK specification has been converted from the classic XML/RFC format to a much more streamlined Markdown/RFC format.
  • Our pre-conference proposal for a 3-hour ARK training session was accepted as part of Code4Lib 2023, and will take place Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at Princeton University.

Here is a snapshot of the ARK community since the Feb 2022 update.

  • Organizations registered to assign ARKs: 1027 (+120)
  • Known number of ARKs in the world: 8.2 billion
  • Amount paid for the right to create ARKs: $0
  • Average resolutions per month by N2T.net: 3,737,359

Here is a list of the 120 institutions that registered to assign ARKs since 2022-02-22, in the order that they arrived.

  • Universidad Nacional de La Plata
  • The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform
  • Computer science department of the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Universidad del Zulia
  • Bibliothèque de l’EnsAD revue décor
  • be. my media
  • Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University
  • RERO+ Foundation
  • Archéologie et Philologie d’Orient et d’Occident
  • Site et Musée romains d’Avenches
  • Escritos de filosofía
  • Auroville Archives
  • International Journal of Business and Management
  • Orientoi
  • Le château, le musée et le domaine national de Versailles
  • Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek
  • African Scientific Journal
  • Rey Desnudo
  • Archives régionales Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
  • Eirene Estudios de Paz y Conflictos
  • Sprin Publisher
  • TACIT Rennes 2
  • ARÉN Éducation
  • Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform – Portal
  • Botanical Research Institute of Texas
  • Coral Publications, Coral Research and Education Systems (SMC-PVT) Ltd.
  • Revista Mexicana de Fisioterapia
  • Participatory Image Archives
  • MagikEduk
  • AND
  • International Consortium of Academic Professionals for Scientific Research
  • Coding Park
  • Association v.ideaux
  • International Journal of Engineering and Applied Physics
  • Frontiers in Tropical Diseases and Medicine
  • Revista Tecnológica-Educativa Docentes 2.0
  • Robotel Inc.
  • Musée cantonal d’archéologie et d’histoire
  • Journal of Neurophilosophy
  • Le Mans université
  • Wozavez
  • Centro de Documentación e Información Educativa. Anuario de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos Escolares
  • Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran Mohamed Boudiaf
  • Always Been Project Archive
  • Archives patrimoniales d’Angers
  • Médiathèque Georges Brassens de Maizières-lès-Metz
  • The Journal of Quality in Education
  • Revista Información Científica (RIC)
  • Delft High Performance Computing Centre
  • Consejo de Regulación, Desarrollo y Promoción de la Información y Comunicación
  • National Library of Greece
  • Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology
  • Reincisol
  • CREADOC
  • Asian Accounting and Auditing Advancement
  • AFT Transport Logistique
  • Peter Weiss Haus e.V.
  • Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
  • Bibliothèque de l’Institut Henri Poincaré
  • Comédie-Française
  • MyCow
  • Tri-College Consortium
  • digiSchool
  • Wildi
  • Musée des Plans-Reliefs
  • International Journal of Toxicological and Pharmacological ResearchArchives départementales de Seine-et-Marne
  • Musée national et domaine du château de Pau
  • Hospices Civils de Lyon
  • Corneille
  • Wisconsin Historical Society
  • Centro Universitário UniProcessus
  • Revista JRG de Estudos Acadêmicos
  • Revista Processus Multidisciplinar
  • Cadernos do FNDE
  • Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
  • Revista Social Fronteriza
  • Georgian Integrated Library Information System Consortium
  • Berklee Archives
  • The SFU Computational Sustainability Lab
  • University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Library
  • Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge
  • Organization for Social Development and Research Publications
  • DAYLINDO
  • National Library of Tunisia
  • RedFrogBros
  • Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología
  • Indian Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology
  • Revista Coleta Científica
  • iizenglish
  • Vyom Hans Journals
  • MetaBiblioteca
  • Laboratoire de recherche historique Rhône-Alpes
  • Archives Alsace – Colmar
  • Académie de Créteil
  • jeuxandco
  • Musée de Feurs
  • African Journal of Commercial Studies
  • KOKORO lingua SA
  • Immutable Access
  • Archives de Fontenay-sous-Bois
  • Archaeological archives
  • Archives municipales d’Alençon
  • Rasayely
  • Studi Veronesi
  • Ecole française d’Athènes
  • Maastricht University Library
  • Ecomusée Fresnes / Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre
  • Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet
  • Bulsac
  • University of Rouen Normandie Libraries
  • Revista Pares
  • Editora Cultura e Informação
  • Research Ambition – An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal
  • Legal Research Development
  • Jai Maa Saraswati Gyandayni – An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal
  • The Creative Launcher
  • Texas Instruments France
  • Archives de Thonon-les-Bains
  • Direction régionale des affaires culturelles de Bretagne – service régional d’archéologie