RE: DOIs in practice

And, along the same lines: https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/10/doidona-vs-the-internet/

Tzviya Siegman
Information Standards Lead
Wiley
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From: Tim Cole [mailto:t-cole3@illinois.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 10:57 AM
To: 'W3C Digital Publishing IG'
Subject: DOIs in practice

Having missed yesterday's call, I apologize if this blog post has already come up, but just in case I thought some might find it interesting:

http://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2016/11/2016-11-07-linking-to-persistent.html

As the post describes, even when a user clicks on a DOI, they often end up bookmarking or forwarding the non-DOI link. There are various ways publishers try to mitigate against this, and the post suggests another approach, but at present practice varies widely, so the problem persists (pun intended).

The blog is one maintained by Michael Nelson's digital library group at Old Dominion University.

Tim Cole
University of Illinois at UC