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What is the relationship between SFX, CrossRef, and the DOI?

Ex Libris - SFX - FAQ
CrossRef (www.crossref.org) is a consortium of primary publishers. CrossRef members use a digital object identifier (DOI; see www.doi.org) to link between their resources- for example, to link from a reference in an article published by one CrossRef member to the full text of the article itself, published by another CrossRef member.
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What is the relationship between a DOI name and other development efforts?

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The International DOI Foundation is a member of some standards organizations, and maintains a number of liaisons or alliances through memberships and/or exchange of information with others, which allow us to act as a collaborative interface in discussions on standards and infrastructure development across the spectrum of intellectual property and technology communities.
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What is the relationship between the DOI System and the Handle System?

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The DOI System is an application of the Handle System (a resolution system) to intellectual property. It is more than the Handle System: it adds to the Handle System an approach based on structured associated metadata, policies, procedures, business models and application tools. Initial implementations are now being supplemented by increasingly sophisticated value-added tools for metadata management and content management, which will use the Handle System multiple resolution function.
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What is the relationship between the DOI System and the indecs framework?

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The DOI System is an implementation of the indecs metadata framework. In addition, IDF participates in the management and governance of the indecs framework, together with other stakeholders. IDF is one of the organisations which developed the original indecs framework and is now developing it further. The indecs approach is fundamental to the DOI System's design.
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What is the relationship between DOI names and XML?

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The DOI System makes use of XML (eXtensible Markup Language), and XML is entirely compatible with DOI names. The expression of metadata in XML is recommended both for kernel metadata and for DOI Application Profile metadata extended from the kernel. The indecs data dictionary and the DOI® Resource Metadata declaration both allow the use of XML expressions, commonly used for metadata transport and messaging. It seems likely that the relationship between DOI names and XML will grow over time.
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What is the relationship between Link.Openly and activities such as CrossRef?

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Link.Openly is technically compatible with DOI. CrossRef is an article-level database- it contains no serial-level information such as availability ranges. Link.Openly is designed to work with serial-level databases- it contains no information about individual articles. As an Affiliate Member of CrossRef, Openly is working to incorporate CrossRef look-up capabilities into robust, full-featured linking systems.
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What is CrossRef?

Thieme-connect - FAQ
CrossRef is an international association of more than 300 scientific publishers, libraries, and other institutions. By clicking on the CrossRef link in the list of references of a contribution you will be taken directly to the cited article in the e-journals system of the respective publisher. For detailed information see www.crossref.org.
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Why does the SFX Menu appear after I clicked on a "DOI" link?

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The vLib project team recently activated the "DOI Cookie Pusher" to redirect users from the Max Planck Society to the local SFX server when clicking on a DOI. This is done to provide you with a context-sensitive selection of available services for the source reference (e.g.
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What can be identified by a DOI name?

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A DOI name can be used to identify any resource involved in an intellectual property transaction. Intellectual property includes both physical and digital manifestations, performances and abstract works. An entity can be identified at any arbitrary level of granularity. DOI names can be used to identify, for example, text, audio, images, software, etc; and in future could be used to identify the agreements and parties involved.
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How do I assign a DOI name?

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A DOI name prefix (for example, 10.1000/) enables a registrant to assign many DOI names, by building on the prefix to construct a range of unique identifiers (10.1000/abc, etc). To obtain a prefix, you need to work either with a Registration Agency or, for experimental or prototype purposes, with the International DOI Foundation. Working with a Registration Agency (RA) brings with it the advantages of participation in a defined DOI System application with others.
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What is a "DOI System Service"?

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A defined result from a defined action i.e., do X and the result will be Y. DOI System services perform specific functions when presented with data from Application Profiles. Services exchange data, share tasks, and automate processes over the Internet by using the information associated with a DOI name. The term was coined in analogy to "Web services": for DOI System applications on the Web, DOI System services would be Web Services.
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What is SFX?

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SFX is an application developed by Ex Libris, that creates links from citations in selected databases to related resources available from the Drexel University Libraries. The links created may include sources for obtaining the full text of an article, the library catalog to look for the item in print, document delivery/interlibrary loan request form and other choices.
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What are those CrossRef links?

Finders FAQ - UVa Libraries
The UVa Libraries are participants in CrossRef, a project to allow linking to and between journal articles. Only a few publishers have completed CrossRef linking for all their journals and articles. Many still haven't done all their backfiles; any one may at a given time not have the most recent items linked yet. When they work, CrossRef links work very well and are worth a try, epecially if you have problems with other links.
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What is a DOI?

DOI Frequently Asked Questions
DOI stands for Digital Object Identifier. DOIs are used to uniquely identify files or other resources on the internet. Address details need only be maintained in one place in order to guarantee that links to a file or resource, wherever the links are, will never be out of date, so bringing to an end the all too familiar "file not found" message.
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DOI or Digital Object Identifier is a persistent identifier used to cite and link electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alphanumeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. DOI's can be assigned to articles that have not received their full bibliographic information and/or for hyperlinks to documents on the Web. The International DOI Foundation at www.doi.org/introduction.html administers the DOI scheme.
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Frequently Asked Questions About the DOI
The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) is a composite index that measures "digital opportunity", or the possibility for the citizens of a particular country to benefit from access to information that is "universal, ubiquitous, equitable and affordable" (WSIS Tunis Commitment, para 10). As such, it is a measure of each countries' performance and prospects for progress in building an Information Society.
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Thieme-connect - FAQ
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) specially identifies an online article. Many online articles can be cited by means of a DOI. It is also possible to search directly for that article on the Internet. In addition, a DOI also enables you to find the article in databases. For detailed information see www.doi.org.
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mEDRA - Public Area - New Users - What is the DOI
The Digital Object Identifier is a standard for persistently identifying a piece of intellectual property on a digital network and associating it with related current data, the metadata, in a structured extensible way. DOIs have been called "the bar code for intellectual property": like the physical bar code, they are enabling tools for use all through the supply chain to add value and save cost.
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Ex Libris - SFX - FAQ
SFX is the original, award-winning context-sensitive link server from Ex Libris?. SFX allows context-sensitive linking between Web resources in the scholarly information environment. OpenURL-compliant, SFX accepts an OpenURL as input from an information resource, which is referred to as an SFX source.
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Paisley University Library SFX FAQ
SFX is a linking service that enables direct access to the full-text of an electronic journal article (if available) from a citation or reference in an online database. It also provides links to additional electronic resources, such as other library catalogues.
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SFX @ UCT
SFX enables you to link from citations in selected databases to related online services, including full text articles. SFX (an acronym for "Special Effects") is an innovative context-sensitive reference linking product based on the openURL framework originating from research carried out by Herbert Van de Sompel at Ghent University in Belgium and at the LANL Research Library in Los Alamos. It is now owned and being further developed by Ex Libris.
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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - SFX
SFX is a linking technology that enables a user to determine whether the University library owns or provides access to a desired item or volume (e.g. article). If the desired item is available in electronic form, SFX can facilitate direct linking. If the item is not available, electronically SFX supports the following services: SFX" stands for "special effects". You can learn more about the technology behind SFX at the SFX Web site.
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SFX FAQ
SFX (an acronym for "Special Effects") is an innovative context-sensitive reference linking product based on the openURL framework originating from research carried out by Herbert Van de Sompel at Ghent University in Belgium and at the LANL Research Library in Los Alamos.
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Southern Cross University | Library
SFX is software that works with the library databases to link from article citations to a list of access options available for that article, including the full text of the article if the full text is available. The full text options offered through SFX reflect the SCU Library’s electronic journal subscriptions as well as a selection of journals that are freely available on via the Internet.
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New York University | Bobst Library: SFX FAQs
SFX allows users to click on a bibliographic citation in a database, and view a list of services for that article or book, which may include an online full-text version, among other resources. For more information, see the SFX Page.
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How do I become a member of the International DOI Foundation?

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Members of the DOI Foundation are organizations (not usually individuals). Membership requires payment of an annual subscription, which varies by category of membership. The International DOI Foundation is similar in some ways to other development organisations such as the World Wide Web consortium. For more on this topic, see the DOI Handbook chapter The International DOI Foundation, in particular Section 7.13, Membership of the International DOI Foundation.
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What is the role of the International DOI Foundation?

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The IDF governs the DOI System, to ensure that all applications follow common rules. The system itself has several components: the technology is based on open agreed standards, while the infrastructure is defined by agreements between the various organisations which run the system, such as the Registration Agencies and the technology providers. Each Registration Agency is autonomous and the IDF has no role in determining an RAs business model or governance.
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Are there any guidelines on how to make up the DOI name?

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The DOI name syntax is a NISO standard, but allows the incorporation of any form of existing identifier. The DOI name suffix can be any alphanumeric string that the Registrant chooses. This can simply be a sequential number, or it can make use of an existing (legacy) identifier. The latter may often be administratively convenient for the Registrant. A check digit is not compulsory or necessary, but may be included.
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