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Digital Object Identifier System

David Green (david@cni.org)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:53:14 -0400 

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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:53:14 -0400
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From: david@cni.org (David Green)
Subject: Digital Object Identifier System

NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
July 11, 1997

PRESENTATION OF PUBLISHERS' DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER--August 11, 1997

Below is an announcement by the Defense Technical Information Center of a
presentation to be made in the Washington DC area on August 11, 1997, on
the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). This mechanism for giving a digital
identification to each piece of commercial digital publication is being
developed with the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) and
is expected to be adopted by international publishing as a means of
enabling on-line commerce.

For more information on the DOI, see <http://www.doi.org/>.

David Green
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Defense Technical Information Center

presents

The Association of American Publishers
Digital Object Identifier System
Managing Electronic Content

       The Association of American Publishers has designed a system
for marking digital objects in order to facilitate electronic commerce
and enable copyright management systems.  That system, called the
Digital Object Identifier System, is now under development, in
partnership with the Corporation for National Research Initiatives,
and is expected to be live on a limited scale in August 1997.  Learn
how DOIs might be used in practice by not only publishers but related
organizations involved with Abstracting and Indexing, information
aggregators, subscription agents, and libraries.

The DOI, a prototype for managing content, is regarded by the publishing
industry as a key component of safe and successful commercial use of the
Internet and other networked environments.

DOI, a type of "electronic license plate" for "digital content" traveling
the information superhighway, will facilitate commerce in cyberspace by:
1) allowing users to locate digital materials and arrange for their purchase
2) helping publishers manage and market their digital products.


Speakers:

       Carol Risher, Vice President for Copyright and New Technology
for the Association of American Publishers (AAP), coordinates
copyright enforcement activities, including strategic litigation, in
the U.S. and overseas.  She assists AAP members in their efforts to
move from print-based products to electronic products.  She is
responsible for monitoring new technologies that affect publishers'
markets and working with AAP members to promote development of
pre-competitive standards such as the Digital Object Identifier that
facilitate Internet commerce.

     Larry Lannom is with the Corporation for National Research
Initiatives (CNRI) and is responsible for the Handle System and
Repository.


Where:  HQ Complex Building Auditorium
              8725 John J. Kingman Rd, Ft Belvoir, VA
           http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/directions.html
When:   August 11, 1997
Time:     1:30-3:30 pm

R.S.V.P. to Julia Foscue, email:  jfoscue@dtic.mil
                              tel:  (703) 767-8236

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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
www-ninch.cni.org
david@cni.org
202/296-5346                                  202/872-0886 fax

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