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| doi [2025-07-11 05:14] – [generating DOIs] kate.rich | doi [2025-07-11 05:24] (current) – [The mechanics of registering a new DOI with crossref membership] kate.rich | ||
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| * Once registered with crossref, you receive a DOI prefix, 10.XXXX | * Once registered with crossref, you receive a DOI prefix, 10.XXXX | ||
| - | * Crossref provides a web deposit form that generates xml | + | * Crossref provides a web deposit form that generates |
| * Enter the basic metadata here (title, authors, publishers, date etc) | * Enter the basic metadata here (title, authors, publishers, date etc) | ||
| * And the DOI, which consists of your DOI prefix followed by a suffix which you generate yourself | * And the DOI, which consists of your DOI prefix followed by a suffix which you generate yourself | ||
| - | * Suffixes must be unique, contain numbers and/or letters and -._;()/ are case-insensitive and ideally are short string, easily typed but “dumb” meaning that they contain no obvious information. A best practice DOI would be 10.3390/ | + | * Suffixes must be unique, contain numbers and/or letters and -._;()/ are case-insensitive and ideally are short string, easily typed yet “dumb” meaning that they contain no obvious information. A best practice DOI would be 10.3390/ |
| * On submitting the form, you are asked for your crossref login, and an email address where the deposit results should be sent. | * On submitting the form, you are asked for your crossref login, and an email address where the deposit results should be sent. | ||
| - | * Once the DOI is confirmed you then create a landing page for the DOI. It's usually enough to add the DOI information (title, author and https:// DOI URL as an html link) at the top of the page of the referenced object, however if the item is a PDF it's advised to make a separate page. | + | |
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| + | * For the landing page it's usually enough to add the DOI information (title, author and/ DOI URL as an html link) at the top of the page of the referenced object, however if the item is a PDF it's advised to make a separate page. | ||
| * You also receive a copy of the xml. If changes need to be made to your metadata record, you can edit and submit the XML instead of re-entering your metadata into the form. | * You also receive a copy of the xml. If changes need to be made to your metadata record, you can edit and submit the XML instead of re-entering your metadata into the form. | ||
| - | + | * Other metadata that might be added include funding an license metadata | |
| + | * To add, change, or remove metadata from your existing records, you generally just resubmit your complete metadata record with the changes included. | ||
| + | * You can add funding and license metadata to multiple DOIs at once by uploading a csv file to the web deposit form using the supplemental metadata upload on crossref site. | ||
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