Admittedly, in this option, the resolution tables (what DOI
links to what URL's and to what content) is not really
dynamic. It changes only with every server update and is
static between updates. But this is a minor inconvenience. As
it is, users are likely to respond with some trepidation to
the need to install plug-ins and to the avalanche of
information their single, innocuous, mouse click generates.
The DOI Foundation has compiled this impressive list of
benefits - and beneficiaries:
"Publishers to enable cross referencing to related
information, control over metadata, viral distribution and
sales, easy access to content, sale of granular content
Consumers to increase value for time and money, and purchase
options
Distributors to facilitate sale and distribution of materials
as well as user needs
Retailers to build related materials on their sites, heighten
consumer usability and copyright protection
Conversion Houses/Wholesaler Repositories to increase access
to and use of metadata
DRM Vendors/Rights Clearing Houses to enable interoperability
and use of standards
Data Aggregators to enable compilation of primary and
secondary content and print on demand
Trade Associations facilitate dialog on social level and
attend to legal and technical perspectives pertaining to
multiple versions of electronic content
eBbook software Developers to enable management of personal
collections of eBooks including purchase receipt information
as reference for quick return to retailer
Content Management System Vendors to enable internal synching
with external usage
Syndicators to drive sales to retailers, add value to retail
online store/sales, and increase sales for publishers"
The DOI is assigned to publishers by Registration Agencies (of
which there are currently three - CrossRef and Content
Directions in the States and the aforementioned Enpia Systems
in Asia).
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