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DOI name

A string that specifies a unique object within the DOI system. NOTE 1: Names consist of characters in a sequence specified by the DOI syntax. NOTE 2: The terms “identifier” and “number” are sometimes but not always used in the…

DOI Foundation (IDF)

This is the web site of the International DOI Foundation (IDF), a not-for-profit membership organization that is the governance and management body for the federation of Registration Agencies providing Digital Object Identifier (DOI) services and registration, and is the registration…

pdfmark

“pdfmark” is an experimental open source tool that allows you to add Crossref metadata to a PDF. You can add metadata to a PDF by passing the tool a pre-generated XMP file, or you can apply Crossref bibliographic metadata by…

shortDOI

The shortDOI Service creates shortened DOI® names, of the form 10/abcde, as aliases for existing DOI names, which are often very long strings. It is a public service, offered by the International DOI Foundation, that is open to anyone. The…

Co-access

Co-access allows multiple Crossref members to register content and create DOIs for the same book content; both whole titles or individual chapters. This means that there can be multiple DOIs registered for the same book content. Prefixes must be pre-registered…

OARE

The OARE programme enables academic, research and government institutions in developing countries to gain free or low cost access to an impressive body of research in the environment and related fields. Set up by the United Nations Environment Programme in…

Crossref

Crossref makes research outputs easy to find, cite, link, and assess. We’re a not-for-profit membership organization that exists to make scholarly communications better.

Hinari

Hinari Access to Research for Health programme Hinari Programme set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables low- and middle- income countries to gain access to one of the world’s largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Up to…

COPE

COPE is committed to educate and support editors, publishers and those involved in publication ethics with the aim of moving the culture of publishing towards one where ethical practices becomes the norm, part of the publishing culture. Our approach is…

Research Data Alliance’s

The Research Data Alliance’s (RDA) mission is to build the social and technical bridges to enable open sharing and re-use of data. The RDA vision is for researchers and innovators to openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to…

BioPortal

BioPortal the world’s most comprehensive repository of biomedical ontologies.