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added a new metadata matching strategy co-developed by ROR and Crossref to its affiliation matching processes: ROR is also investigating the prospect of incorporating this new matching strategy into the ROR API in 2025.</p><p class=read-more><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2025-01-27-faster-affiliation-matching/ class="btn btn-sm btn-round">Continue reading</a></p></div></div></section><section class=post><div class=row><div class=col-md-4><div class=image><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2025-01-09-metadata-matching-beyond-correctness/><img src=/img/blog/matching-correctness/matching-strategy-criteria.png class="img-raised rounded" alt></a></div></div><div class=col-md-8><strong class=blog-category><a class=category-link href=https://ror.org/categories/explainers>Explainers</a></strong><h2><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2025-01-09-metadata-matching-beyond-correctness/>Metadata Matching: Beyond Correctness</a></h2><div class="clearfix post-meta"><p class=author>By Dominika Tkaczyk and Adam Buttrick</p><p class=date-comments>January 9, 2025</p></div><p class=intro>The fifth and final blog post about metadata matching by ROR鈥檚 Adam Buttrick and Crossref鈥檚 Dominika Tkaczyk outlines a set of pragmatic criteria for making decisions about metadata matching.</p><p class=read-more><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2025-01-09-metadata-matching-beyond-correctness/ class="btn btn-sm btn-round">Continue reading</a></p></div></div></section><section class=post><div class=row><div class=col-md-4><div class=image><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-11-06-how-good-is-your-matching/><img src=/img/blog/matching-how-good/string-id-matching-crown.png class="img-raised rounded" alt></a></div></div><div class=col-md-8><strong class=blog-category><a class=category-link href=https://ror.org/categories/explainers>Explainers</a></strong><h2><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-11-06-how-good-is-your-matching/>How Good Is Your Matching?</a></h2><div class="clearfix post-meta"><p class=author>By Dominika Tkaczyk and Adam Buttrick</p><p class=date-comments>November 6, 2024</p></div><p class=intro>The fourth blog post about metadata matching by ROR鈥檚 Adam Buttrick and Crossref鈥檚 Dominika Tkaczyk explains how to measure the quality of different matching strategies with an evaluation dataset and metrics.</p><p class=read-more><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-11-06-how-good-is-your-matching/ class="btn btn-sm btn-round">Continue reading</a></p></div></div></section><section class=post><div class=row><div class=col-md-4><div class=image><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-08-28-the-myth-of-perfect-metadata-matching/><img src=/img/blog/matching-perfect/false-positives-negatives.png class="img-raised rounded" alt></a></div></div><div class=col-md-8><strong class=blog-category><a class=category-link href=https://ror.org/categories/explainers>Explainers</a></strong><h2><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-08-28-the-myth-of-perfect-metadata-matching/>The Myth of Perfect Metadata Matching</a></h2><div class="clearfix post-meta"><p class=author>By Dominika Tkaczyk and Adam Buttrick</p><p class=date-comments>August 28, 2024</p></div><p class=intro>In this post, we discuss a few common myths about metadata matching that are often encountered when interacting with users, developers, integrators, and other stakeholders.</p><p class=read-more><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-08-28-the-myth-of-perfect-metadata-matching/ class="btn btn-sm btn-round">Continue reading</a></p></div></div></section><section class=post><div class=row><div class=col-md-4><div class=image><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-06-27-anatomy-of-metadata-matching/><img src=/img/blog/matching-anatomy/yellow-matching-figure-02.png class="img-raised rounded" alt></a></div></div><div class=col-md-8><strong class=blog-category><a class=category-link href=https://ror.org/categories/explainers>Explainers</a></strong><h2><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-06-27-anatomy-of-metadata-matching/>The Anatomy of Metadata Matching</a></h2><div class="clearfix post-meta"><p class=author>By Dominika Tkaczyk and Adam Buttrick</p><p class=date-comments>June 27, 2024</p></div><p class=intro>The second blog post about metadata matching by ROR's Adam Buttrick and Crossref's Dominika Tkaczyk describes some basic matching-related terminology and the components of a matching process, then poses some typical product questions to consider when developing or integrating matching solutions.</p><p class=read-more><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-06-27-anatomy-of-metadata-matching/ class="btn btn-sm btn-round">Continue reading</a></p></div></div></section><section class=post><div class=row><div class=col-md-4><div class=image><a href=https://ror.org/blog/2024-05-16-metadata-matching-101/><img src=/img/blog/matching101/yellow-matching-thumb.png class="img-raised rounded" alt></a></div></div><div class=col-md-8><strong class=blog-category><a class=category-link 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