HAND - The Universal Talent Identifier, is the first human Talent ID Registry under the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Foundation (an ISO standard). Using the power of Citation-Backed Notability™ - HAND provides provenance automation value to global supply-chains via the instantiation of persistent, unique, resolvable IDs for quantifiably notable legal-entity Humans, their connected Digital Replicas, and Fictional Characters in the Cultural Industries of Sports, Entertainment, Gaming, Advertising, News, Fashion, Music and more. As a member of both C2PA.org, and IPTC.org, HAND is committed to the emergence of a safer, more trustworthy global media ecosystem.