•DOI Data Model = Metadata tools:
–a data
dictionary to define +
–a grouping
mechanism to relate
•Necessary for interoperability
–“Enabling information that
originates in one context to be used in another in ways that are as highly automated as possible”.
•Able to use existing metadata
–Mapped using a standard dictionary
–Can describe any entity at any level of granularity
–indecsDD which incorporates ISO MPEG 21 RDD
•IDF is the MPEG21 RDD registration authority