[Dspace-general] Interchanging Handle and DOI

[Richard Jones]

Hi Leone,

> Hi there
>
> Can anyone tell me if there might be any unexpected problems using a handle with the doi prefix
>
> It would be easier for us to promote DOI to our academics as they already understand what DOI's are. 
>
> Example
>
> http://dx.doi.org/2292/4241 
>
> http://hdl.handle.net/2292/4241 
>
> It seems to work fine and there is no delay in resolving them.
>
> Does anyone else do this?
>   

I've used this "trick" in the past too.  Since DOIs are just Handles in 
the "10" namespace, you will find that dx.doi.org and hdl.handle.net are 
actually just aliases for the same thing.  So there oughtn't to be any 
problem with doing this.

Cheers,

Richard

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