Developments and Uses of the DOI and Other Identifiers in Reference Linking and Access/Rights Management
Simon Inger, JoAnne Deeken · The Serials Librarian · 2001
One of the areas of growing interest in professional publishing involves linking articles together. In this session, three issues associated with linking were discussed in detail: linking methodologies, permissions, and appropriate copy. Linking methodologies are based on a unique identifier, which can be algorithmically or non-algorithmically derived. The DOI is a non-algorithmically derived identifier. Permissions are based on knowing who a reader is, what a reader's affiliations are, what subscription rights are tied to those affiliations, and what combination allows access to a particular article. The appropriate copy issue deals with problems arising when a reader has access to multiple versions of the same article.