While our regular blogger is out of commission due to surgery, we are reposting some of our favorite blog posts. I have included updated information in brackets.
DOI System Continues to Grow
April 25, 2011 – As of April 2011, the DOI System has now assigned over 51 million DOI names. [As of March 31, 2024, there were almost 352,000,000 DOIs registered.] The DOI System currently is used by over 4,000 naming authorities (assigners). Around 100 million DOI resolutions are made each month. [In April 2024, this number jumped to 1,680,643,161 for the month.]
The DOI System released this information in their April News. DOI stands for Digital Object Identifiers and The DOI System was developed by the International DOI Foundation (IDF).
In addition, the April News reported that Digital Object Identifiers assigned by CrossRef are now enabled for use in linked data applications. A significant advantage of applying linked data principles and technologies to DOI-registered material is that it is curated, value-added data, which is managed, corrected, updated and consistently maintained by registration agencies. Aaah, worthy data; always a good thing.
Melody K. Smith
