Your DOI prefix will be assigned to your organization by the Registration Agency.
Mandatory guidelines
- You have to assign the DOI suffix.
- The suffix must be unique within the prefix and is case insensitive.
- UTF-8 is the required coding.
- If you use characters that have special meaning in URI Syntax, when you embed DOIs within URLs (for example to link the resolution system: http://dx.doi.org/10.1000/abc) you have to hexadecimal encode them. Find here the URI Syntax (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt).
Recommended guidelines
- Your organization should adopt a DOI assignment scheme, for example including existing internal identifiers in use within your organization.
- The suffix should be as concise as possible because DOIs will be displayed online and in print and will be re-typed by end users.
- It is recommended not to use the following characters in DOI suffix:
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