From f165da3fed5d888ff288f0f872338e7402ee6697 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David R Newman <drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:54:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes mapping creators without orcids set

Ensure mappings can handle if creator does not have an ORCID defined.
---
 lib/cfg.d/z_datacite_mapping.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/cfg.d/z_datacite_mapping.pl b/lib/cfg.d/z_datacite_mapping.pl
index 441aee3..826516e 100644
--- a/lib/cfg.d/z_datacite_mapping.pl
+++ b/lib/cfg.d/z_datacite_mapping.pl
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
             my $family = $name->{name}->{family};
             my $given = $name->{name}->{given};
-            my $orcid = $name->{orcid};
+            my $orcid = $name->{orcid} ? $name->{orcid} : '';
 
             if ($family eq '' && $given eq '') {
                 $creators->appendChild($author);