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| * 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/ | * 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. | ||
| + | * A DOI string can’t be changed once registered, and DOIs cannot be deleted. | ||
| * Once the DOI is confirmed you then create a landing page for the DOI. | * Once the DOI is confirmed you then create a landing page for the DOI. | ||
| * 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. | * 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 | * 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. | ||