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A '''digital object identifier''', or '''DOI name''', is a unique label for a computer readable object (document, electronic image, video, etc.) that can be found on the [[internet]]. The DOI name stays with the object, even when the digital object is transferred to another owner and/or another internet site. An object can be identified at any level of composition. For instance, a DOI name can identify a journal, an individual issue of a journal, an individual article in a journal, or a single figure in an article. | A '''digital object identifier''', or '''DOI name''', is a unique label for a computer readable object (document, electronic image, video, etc.) that can be found on the [[internet]]. The DOI name stays with the object, even when the digital object is transferred to another owner and/or another internet site. An object can be identified at any level of composition. For instance, a DOI name can identify a journal, an individual issue of a journal, an individual article in a journal, or a single figure in an article. | ||
The structure of the DOI name is 10.xxxx/yyyy, where the prefix 10. indicates that a DOI name is following. The digital string xxxx | The structure of the DOI name is 10.xxxx/yyyy, where part of the prefix (10.) indicates that a DOI name is following. The digital string xxxx identifies the publisher that assigned the DOI name and put the object on the internet. The string yyyy is arbitrary, both of length and content, and can be chosen freely by the publisher. | ||
A digital object can be retrieved from the internet by the [[URL]]: /dx.doi.org/10.xxxx/yyyy/. The website /dx.doi.org/ resolves the DOI name 10.xxxx/yyyy, that is, it finds the location of the object and determines what is to be done with it. For instance, if the object is video it will play it, if it is a web page it will redirect the browser, etc. | |||
A publisher (''registrant'', dentified by the string xxxx) must be registered by a DOI registration agency. | A publisher (''registrant'', dentified by the string xxxx) must be registered by a DOI registration agency. | ||
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* Currently, eight registration agencies are active, see [http://www.doi.org/registration_agencies.html registration agencies]. | * Currently, eight registration agencies are active, see [http://www.doi.org/registration_agencies.html registration agencies]. | ||
* [http://doi.org/ The Digital Object Identifier System] from the International DOI Foundation. | * [http://doi.org/ The Digital Object Identifier System] from the International DOI Foundation. | ||
* Resolve a DOI name [http://dx.doi.org resolution of DOI] | |||
[[Category: Stub Articles]] | [[Category: Stub Articles]] | ||
[[Category: CZ Live]] | [[Category: CZ Live]] | ||
Revision as of 07:48, 13 December 2007
A digital object identifier, or DOI name, is a unique label for a computer readable object (document, electronic image, video, etc.) that can be found on the internet. The DOI name stays with the object, even when the digital object is transferred to another owner and/or another internet site. An object can be identified at any level of composition. For instance, a DOI name can identify a journal, an individual issue of a journal, an individual article in a journal, or a single figure in an article.
The structure of the DOI name is 10.xxxx/yyyy, where part of the prefix (10.) indicates that a DOI name is following. The digital string xxxx identifies the publisher that assigned the DOI name and put the object on the internet. The string yyyy is arbitrary, both of length and content, and can be chosen freely by the publisher.
A digital object can be retrieved from the internet by the URL: /dx.doi.org/10.xxxx/yyyy/. The website /dx.doi.org/ resolves the DOI name 10.xxxx/yyyy, that is, it finds the location of the object and determines what is to be done with it. For instance, if the object is video it will play it, if it is a web page it will redirect the browser, etc.
A publisher (registrant, dentified by the string xxxx) must be registered by a DOI registration agency.
Examples
- The DOI® Handbook can be retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1000/182.
- An article (arbitrarily picked for this example) from Science Magazine is retrieved by http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.318.5856.1571.
CZ template
The Citizendium cite book template has an entry doi. For example,
{{cite book
| last = Mumford
| first = David
| authorlink = David Mumford
| title = The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes
| publisher = [[Springer-Verlag]]
| series = Lecture notes in mathematics 1358
| year = 1999
| doi = 10.1007/b62130
| isbn = 354063293X }}
The in-line expansion of this template:
Mumford, David (1999). The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes. Springer-Verlag. DOI:10.1007/b62130. ISBN 354063293X.
gives a clickable link to the digital object with DOI name: 10.1007/b62130.
External links
- Currently, eight registration agencies are active, see registration agencies.
- The Digital Object Identifier System from the International DOI Foundation.
- Resolve a DOI name resolution of DOI