The what and whys of DOIs

PLoS Biol. 2003 Nov;1(2):E57. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0000057. Epub 2003 Nov 17.

Abstract

The Direct Object Identifier, a sort of barcode for intellectual content, is used by PLoS in a number of innovative ways

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Computers
  • Databases, Bibliographic*
  • Hypermedia
  • Internet / organization & administration
  • Internet / standards*
  • Programming Languages
  • Publishing / standards*
  • Research
  • Software