Information objects are hot, documents are not: the use of identifiers in online publishing

ABSTRACT The role of the Digital Object Identifier in allowing users to access required information with the minimum of effort and then to link to other relevant information is discussed. Its application to a commercial service at a high level of granularity, www.BlackwellSynergy.com, the online jou...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Learned publishing 2005-01, Vol.18 (1), p.5-12
Hauptverfasser:	Cousins, Jill, Neylon, Eamonn
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Digital Object Identifier Digital Object Identifiers Document delivery Electronic periodicals Electronic publishing Exact sciences and technology Formats. Markup languages. Codification. Conversion Information and communication sciences Information and document structure and analysis Information processing and retrieval Information science. Documentation Links Sciences and techniques of general use World Wide Web
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACT The role of the Digital Object Identifier in allowing users to access required information with the minimum of effort and then to link to other relevant information is discussed. Its application to a commercial service at a high level of granularity, www.BlackwellSynergy.com, the online journal website of Blackwell Publishing Ltd, is described. The paper covers services for the user such as deep linking and discovery, services for the publisher such as viral marketing tools as well as a definition of an information object, and a possible future for the DOI.
ISSN:	0953-1513 1741-4857
DOI:	10.1087/0953151052801451