Terry Kuny wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 14:50:46 -0600
> From: Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]>
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> Organization: University of Illinois
> Subject: Digital Object Identifier
>
> I'm not sure if this has been discussed recently on DLIB--but have people
> heard about the new Digital Object Identifier System that has been
> developed by the
> Association of American Publishers and the Corporation for National Research
> Initiatives?
>
> Apparently this new system will facilitate the extension of copyright to the
> Internet. The DOI is a unique identifier (similar to an ISBN or ISSN),
> which will allow access to documents--even when their URL changes. The DOI
> is already
> being implemented by many publishers to provide access to electronic journals.
>
> The International DOI Foundation was recently founded with headquarters in
> Geneva and Washington D.C. If this kind of stuff interests you, take a
> glance at
> their informative web site at: http://www.doi.org
>
> Ed Summers
> University of Illinois.
>
It is interesting that the DOI is an implementation of the CNRI handle
system, which is also one of the candidates for the URN (or Uniform
Resource Name, ie independent of actual location), as I understand it.
--
Chris Rusbridge
Programme Director, Electronic Libraries Programme
The Library, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Phone 01203 524979 Fax 01203 524981
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