DOIs | Caltech Library
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Summary:
"DOI stands for "Digital Object Identifier." These unique strings look like "10.22002/D1.708", where the '10.xxxx' is a prefix that identifies the group managing the DOI and the characters after the '/' identify the object. You can see what the DOI refers to by going to the URL: https://doi.org/10.22002/D1.708. DOIs originated from the publishing world and are in widespread use to identify journal articles. DOIs become persistent when the objects and identifier forwarding information are maintained. They can be used to identify articles, books, web sites, data sets, software, images, and much more."