Digital Object Identifier

A Digital Object Identifier (or DOI ) is a permanent way to identify an online document . This identification is not related to its current location. ^[1]

A typical use of a DOI is to give a scientific paper or article a unique number that can be used by anyone find the location of the paper. It may also make it possible to find an electronic copy, for example, on the Internet . The DOI system has a DOI resolution system which is used to locate where the document is. When the document is moved, the DOI resolution system is updated with the new location of the document. ^[1]

For example, doi:10.1016/j.iheduc.2008.03.001 links to "Web 2.0 authorship: Issues of Referencing and citation for academic integrity" by Kathleen Gray et al. The work was published in The Internet and Higher Education, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2008.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "How the 'Digital Object Identifier' works," BusinessWeek , . July 23, 2001; retrieved 2012-1-28.

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[businessweek-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "How the 'Digital Object Identifier' works," BusinessWeek , . July 23, 2001; retrieved 2012-1-28.

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