•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
•e.g. DLF ERMI discussion