Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Introduction

Digital Object Identifier
Digital Object Identifier by Muhammad Yousuf Ali, PhD, Associate Librarian 15 Aug 2023

Introduction
A digital object identifier (DOI) is a permanent identification
link used to identify digital objects like Article and Book
Chapters, videos and etc.
DOI standardized by the International Organization for
Standardization ISO (Paskin, 2010).

Background
The DOI was officially launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair
in October 1997 (Anon, 1997). First DOI based article was
published in 2000.

Quiz:-
DOI is a not a parament link for the book Chapter?
a. True
b. False
c. I don’t know

Component of DOI
DOI is the combination of Alpha-Numeric combination

Quiz:-
DOI has parts
a. Two parts (prefix, suffix)
b. Three parts (prefix, suffix, directory indicator)
c. Four Parts ( Resolver Services, directory indicator, Suffix)

DOIs are in wide use mainly to identify academic, professional, and
government information, such as journal articles, Books Chapters,
Research reports, data sets, and official publications. Sometimes DOI
also refers for commercial videos.

How can digital object identifier Registration?
The website where can individual and organization can acquire DOI

How can digital object identifier Registration?
The website where can an individual and an organization can acquire DOI

Quiz:-
Which site is used for the DOI verification
a. Sage
b. Crossref
c. Emerlad

Characteristics of DOI
1. Parament Link
2. Verify link
3. APA format requirement
4. Journals Reputation
5. ISO certified

Quiz:-
Prefix number of Taylor & Fransics journals is
a. 1080.12324342353
b. 1088.12324243453
c. 1090.12343243454

Useful Resources
DOI Foundation
Digital Object Identifiers: Stability for citations and referencing
What is a DOI and how do I use them in citations?

References :-
Anon. (March, 1997), Coming soon: license plates for digital content, The Seybold
Report on Internet Publishing,1(7), 28-29.
ISO 26324:2012(en), Information and documentation – Digital object identifier
system”. ISO. Retrieved 20 Feb 2022.
Paskin, N.(2010), “Digital Object Identifier (DOI) System”, Encyclopedia of Library and
Information Sciences (3rd ed.), Taylor and Francis, pp. 1586–1592

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