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Resolve
The Handle resolution technology allows you
to access any kind of
Service associated with your
DOI.
eg
Services can include metadata
services
Identify
DOI syntax can include any
existing identifier, formal or informal, of any
entity
eg
10.2341/0-7645-4889-1
10.5678/978-0-7645-4889-4
10.1000/ISBN
0764548891
10.1234/Norman_presentation
10.2224/2004-10-28-ISO-DOI
Describe
DOI metadata can be of any type,
standard or proprietary
eg
OnixForBooks
OnixForSerials
IEEE/LOM
MARC
Dublin Core
Proprietary scheme
(to interoperate with anyone else in the DOI network, map to the <indecs>
Data Dictionary (iDD).
DOI
combination of components
A package of services is
an Application
Profile