Indico integration

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

In the current version of Zenodo, if I want to link my publication to an event, I am asked to fill in this form:

Especially if each speaker uploads their own contribution, you will most likely end up with data which is not consistent (e.g. conference title written wrong...).

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like to have a way to point to an (Indico) event. Or at least to prefill this info based on an Indico URL. Indico metadata can be obtained in two ways:

• JSON-LD embedded in event pages (see application/ld+json block e.g. in https://indico.cern.ch/event/970232) - works in every Indico server;
• Public access to the HTTP API (e.g. https://indico.cern.ch/export/event/970232.json) - works in servers with public access to the API (should be almost all of them).

Describe alternatives you've considered

As you probably know, there is a Conference PID working group discussing proper PIDs for events since already since a couple of years and work is being done in that regard. Once there is a standard, that could be another option. Still, there is already a wealth of information available from the 250+ Indico servers currently online, which could be used at least to pre-fill the information in that form.

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