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Lucy Ofiesh
2026 May 06

March 2026 board meeting summary

We’re providing a summary of the board’s March 2026 meeting. At the meeting, the board reviewed progress in our key programs and initiatives, the strategic outlook for 2026, filled a vacancy on the Board, considered an additional legal entity for Crossref, and reviewed our governance structures. The resolutions are available on the dedicated section of our website, which also lists the members of the Board and offers further information about our governance.

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Jason Portenoy
2026 April 27

Matching funders in scholarly metadata: linking names to ROR IDs

In April 2025, we launched the metadata matching project, in order to add missing relationships to the scholarly metadata. We will do this by consolidating all existing and planned matching workflows, which enrich member-deposited metadata in Crossref. This unified service will result in a more complete research nexus. In this blog post, we share our latest milestone: developing and evaluating a strategy for matching funder metadata to Research Organization Registry (ROR) identifiers.

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Madhura Amdekar
2026 April 23

Why metadata matters for research integrity: a new joint guide from Crossref and DataCite

Preserving the integrity of the scholarly record is an important component of the overall endeavour to protect research integrity. Open scholarly infrastructure enables persistent recording of research objects and associated metadata, which provides an evidence trail for these objects for all in the research community. Crossref and DataCite – as providers of essential infrastructure for preservation of the scholarly record – we share our joint expertise in the new guide on “Why metadata matters for research integrity and how to contribute”.

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Susan Collins
2026 April 13

Strengthening community connections in São Paulo

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As our global community continues to grow, it is important for us to build and maintain our connections within it. In March this year, we had the opportunity to visit São Paulo for a community event at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. The content of our presentations is available online. Events such as this provide an opportunity for us to update our members on Crossref fundamentals and developments, and help us better tune in to the varied needs of our communities and learn how we can work together more effectively. This was our third visit to Brazil, with previous events held in Campinas and São Paulo in 2016, and Goiânia and Fortaleza in 2018. 

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Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Crackfix !!better!! -

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Crackfix !!better!! -

Ultimately, the debate around crackfix patches and game preservation highlights the need for a more nuanced approach to game ownership and intellectual property. As the gaming industry continues to evolve, it's essential that we find ways to balance the needs of game developers, publishers, and players, ensuring that classic games remain accessible and enjoyable for generations to come.

In the early 2010s, the digital landscape of PC gaming was defined not just by the blockbuster releases themselves, but by the cat-and-mouse game between software developers and the underground community of "scene" groups. Perhaps no title better exemplifies the chaotic intersection of massive commercial expectations and the technical hurdles of digital rights management (DRM) than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Crackfix

In the PC gaming ecosystem, a "crack" is a modified executable file or dynamic link library (DLL) designed to bypass a game's copy protection. However, initial releases by scene groups or independent programmers often contain bugs. A cracked game might crash during a specific campaign cinematic, refuse to load multiplayer maps offline, or trigger secondary triggers left behind by developers to catch pirates. Ultimately, the debate around crackfix patches and game