[DRAC] Imaging Persistent Hardware Descriptors (PHD): persistent identification of instrument instances and hardware configurations

This talk was presented upon invitation to the Discovery and Metadata Expert Group of the Data Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC). The talk was presented on 1/27/2027 and was held virtually.----This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number #2513921Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.