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Because publishers often change their systems, so links can break. URLs can also be very long and difficult to include in text documents. Some journals I've pub
by xioxox 11y ago
Because publishers often change their systems, so links can break. URLs can also be very long and difficult to include in text documents. Some journals I've published in have moved between several publishers. The DOI is an identifier which is resolved to point to the current location of the document. The DOI is an object, not a location of an object, as described here http://www.doi.org/factsheets/DOIIdentifierSpecs.html http://www.doi.org/factsheets/DOIIdentifierSpecs.html
- lsaferite 11y agoSo... why not just use the 'DOI' as the canonical URI then? Is it just so they can try to extract some SEO magic juice from the URI?
- afandian 11y agoThat's the idea. We would like people to. We have about 5000 publisher members. Co-ordinating an entire industry can take time. As to why people don't... I wish I knew.