The DOI System workshop presentations (PPT) are designed around five modules: Overview, Syntax, Resolution, Data Model and Social Infrastructure.

The key concepts covered in each module are:

Overview* (Overview.ppt)

• Origins of the DOI System
• Current position of DOI activities
• Persistence
• Actionable identification
• Interoperability
• System components
• Standardisation
• DOI System applications

*Note that there is also a shorter summary version of the Overview slides.

Syntax (Syntax.ppt)

• Terminology
• Format
• Assignment and uniqueness
• Scope of the DOI System
• Relation to other identifier schemes
• Directory Management
• The uses of prefixes for management
• Administrative granularity

Resolution (Resolution.ppt)

• Internet resolution
• The Handle System
• Implementation tools: Web browsers, proxies, plug-ins
• Appropriate resolutions
• Data typing
• Multiple Resolution
• Handle System developments

Data Model (Data_Model.ppt)

• DOI Data Model and interoperability
• Application profiles
• Kernel metadata
• Metadata declaration
• Role of DOI metadata
• Origins of the DOI Data Model
• Semantic interoperability
• The indecs principles
• Applications of indecs
• The use of a data dictionary
• Example: rights management

Social Infrastructure (Social_Infrastructure.ppt)

• DOI System implementation through policies and procedures
• Principles of DOI System deployment
• Registration Agencies: roles and responsibilities
• DOI System governance mechanisms
• Intellectual property issues
• Fee structures
• Current issues and developments