IDF = International DOI Foundation; US-based not-for-profit membership organisation
32 members
Total organisations users and members c.800
IDF is actively reviewing governance to ensure involvement of as many interested parties as possible
e.g. National Libraries
now on IDF Board
Open to expansion or
change as necessary
Ensuring coherence with governance of underlying components:
Syntax: NISO (ISO)
Handle System: Handle
System Advisory Committee/ CNRI
Data Dictionary:
indecs/CONTECS/ISO MPEG21
ISO TC46/SC9 approval
would codify this
IDF would be proposed as the DOI registration authority in any TC46/SC9 standardisation of DOI