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DOI prefixes are designed to be opaque. All they do is serve as a namespace that helps guarantee that somebody can generate a unique DOI (yes, I know, other app
by gwbilder 5y ago
DOI prefixes are designed to be opaque. All they do is serve as a namespace that helps guarantee that somebody can generate a unique DOI (yes, I know, other approaches to this would arguably be better). In short- the prefix doesn't really tell you anything useful about the DOI. So what are you trying to do?
And have you looked at the Crossref and/or DataCite APIs?
https://api.crossref.org https://api.crossref.org
https://api.datacite.org https://api.datacite.org
- uptime 5y agoShout out to all the Crossref/Datacite people in this discussion. I use your services in polite mode for discovery and don’t know what I’d do without them. If any ORCID people are in the house you get some appreciation too. I struggle to link articles to datasets but if the solution is out there it is probably based on your work.
- pogue 5y agoWhat are these for exactly? I'm looking for a paper that doesn't have a DOI attached. Would there anyway to use these tools in a Windows environment to search for the DOI?