From what I understand, the DOI service is based on the CNRI Handle system
itself. The DOI service is geared more towards the commercial publishers.
Users of DOI need to pay for each DOI generated, besides annual fees
starting at USD 275 per year (https://www.crossref.org/fees/).
The Handle system is available on a fixed fee of USD 50 per year
irrespective of the number of documents. Software like DSpace and EPrints
can use both DOI or Handles. For non-commercial digital libraries, like
academic institutions, the Handle system is preferred. Both systems use the
same underlying technology platform.
You can read more about it here:
https://www.doi.org/factsheets/DOIHandle.html
Best regards,
Saiful Amin
Semantic Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 5:50 PM Atanu Garai
Hi Community, DOI and Handle are two widely used persistent URI methods. I am wondering if there are any difference between those two and which system we shall select.
I have come across a few preprint records where the record is a copy of record hosted in an original preprint server and the DOI in the copied server is referencing to the original server's URL. Should digital libraries need to refer to only original URI?
Thank you for your inputs.
Best regards, Atanu
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