[topicmapmail] Re: Document Object Identifiers/CrossRef

[Daniel Rivers-Moore]

Norman

Here is the later exchange, as promised.

I'm not sure if I've got my facts right about the intentions and current
status of the DOI initiative. Perhaps you could confirm or correct.

Many thanks

Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Rivers-Moore=20
Sent: 06 September 2002 15:08
To: Anthony B. Coates; topicmapmail
Subject: RE: [topicmapmail] Re: Document Object Identifiers/CrossRef


Speaking from the point of view of very partial knowledge, my
understanding is that, from the IDF's point of view, a URN would be one
kind of DOI. ISBN would be another.

I know that the intention of the IDF is that they provide not only a
standard for DOIs themselves, but also a standard resolution mechanism,
software that implements that mechanism, and actual on-the-ground
resolution -service providers. As I said in my earlier post, it is not
clear to me how far they are down the road of achieving all that in
practice, but the project is certainly far-reaching and ambitious.

Out of curiosity back to you, Tony, does IETF's DDDS URN-URL resolution
simply define a way of doing the resolution in principle, or are there
also working software and installed service providers?

Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony B. Coates [mailto:abcoates@TheOffice.net]
Sent: 06 September 2002 14:57
To: topicmapmail
Subject: [topicmapmail] Re: Document Object Identifiers/CrossRef


Out of curiosity, does the DOI initiative deliver more than the IETF's
DDDS
(URN -> URL resolution) would, when applied to "urn:publicId:..." URNs?

	Cheers,
		Tony.
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Anthony B. Coates, Information & Software Architect
mailto:abcoates@TheOffice.net
MDDL Editor (Market Data Definition Language)
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