[SEEK-Taxon] some notes on digital object identifiers
thau@learningsite.com
thau at learningsite.com
Mon Nov 17 10:46:41 PST 2003
>
> As I recall, there was some expense in registering a handle server (a few
> thousand dollars?) -- it was a while ago and for our purposes DOIs were
> a bit overkill.
>
Yes. The current costs to become a registering agent (set up a server)
is:
$35,000/year
3 or 4 cents per DOI registered with the server
Crossref, one of the registering agents passes the cost onto
the publishers who use them by charging:
$250.00-$30,000.00/yr depending on the publisher's revenue
$1.00 per DOI issued
Spendy! But, the DOIs themselves are free to use once they're issued.
So if a publisher decided it was in their best interest to spend the $$
for numbers, it'd be good to be able to use them.
thau!
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