You can find White Paper published on the Deliverables portal following the link.
Previous version whitepaper draft on google docs.
In academia there is a need to be able to identify resources used by the community such as culture collections, instruments, projects and work packages, collaborative groups, datasets etc. Current systems of resource identification are difficult to establish and DIDs have the potential to allow more widespread uptake and use of permanent identifiers.
For more information about this White Paper please go to the Internet of Research Ecosystem Task Force wiki page.