tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846783121665026448.post6909101399848292199..comments2023-07-12T09:09:24.343-06:00Comments on iSpiders: Buying & Selling DOIs...and the same for specimensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846783121665026448.post-80717743258857220532007-10-26T02:58:00.000-06:002007-10-26T02:58:00.000-06:00These were two excellent postings on this topic. ...These were two excellent postings on this topic. <BR/><BR/>1. For background to readers new to this, there is a recent article on the DOI system for the (forthcoming) third edition of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (based on the draft of the forthcoming ISO DOI standard) – at http://www.doi.org/overview/070710-Overview.pdf (link from http://www.doi.org/about_the_doi.html ) <BR/><BR/>2. On Business models. You are exactly right to pinpoint the business model issues (the “social infrastructure”) as far more important than the technology. I was very interested in your “MOI” proposal, and the figure you posit of 1 cent per MOI. The DOI experience may be helpful. The reason for assigning a DOI name is to participate in a service that uses DOI among other components. As you note, an example is the Crossref service, but other DOI Registration Agencies will have different services and cost models. If e.g. a taxonomy community were to consider the use of DOI system, then register (say) 8 million objects, the current levy by IDF to an RA for that number (but open to discussion) would be $0.005 per DOI registered. The costs the IDF levy to agencies are a mix of fixed and variable costs, the variable currently ranging from $0.04 to $0.005 per DOI, but entirely flexible: bulk discounts are not only possible but actively encouraged; we have implemented them, and recently revised the discount schedule and will do so again; IDF is a not-for-profit activity; we welcome open discussion and are amenable to any suggestions. Naturally, to this “wholesale” cost would need to be added the costs of running the particular service someone wanted to develop for this purpose, which would depend on the sophistication of the service. <BR/><BR/>3. In the International DOI Foundation we have some interesting DOI applications under development relating to science data (the TIB registration agency) and biological taxonomy (a current planned development by one of our members) that may also be of interest. <BR/><BR/>4. Declaration of my interest: I was the founding Director of the International DOI Foundation and now act as the managing agent for the IDF, and as a consultant for the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (who provide the underlying Handle technology), as well as being involved in several identifier and metadata activities.<BR/><BR/>Norman Paskin<BR/>Oxford UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com