Re: DOIs in practice

And a related one:

http://blog.crossref.org/2016/11/urls-and-dois-a-complicated-relationship.html <http://blog.crossref.org/2016/11/urls-and-dois-a-complicated-relationship.html>


> On 8 Nov 2016, at 17:01, Siegman, Tzviya - Hoboken <tsiegman@wiley.com> wrote:
> 
> And, along the same lines: https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/10/doidona-vs-the-internet/ <https://www.w3.org/blog/2016/10/doidona-vs-the-internet/>
> 
> Tzviya Siegman
> Information Standards Lead
> Wiley
> 201-748-6884
> tsiegman@wiley.com <mailto:tsiegman@wiley.com>
> 
> 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 <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


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