Blog | Collect - Connect - Sync: The PTCRIS synchronization framework item MoreiraJoão Mendes CunhaAlcino 2017 Data synchronization between different systems is nowadays widespread and a key productivity booster in our daily lives. With this goal in mind, PTCRISync - an activity sponsored by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) has developed a synchronization framework that relies on ORCID as a central hub for information exchange between the various systems.