Hi Graham, You should consider OpenURL (a NISO standard since 2005), <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenURL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenURL
Here's an argument that OpenURL is superior to DOI, <http://www.chemspider.com/open-chemistry-web/openurl.html>http://www.chemspider.com/open-chemistry-web/openurl.html Good luck, Peter At 03:38 PM 9/2/2009, graham wrote: >Hi, > >I'm new to this list so this may be a faq - if so please point me in the >right direction! > >Is there any free equivalent to the DOI naming system (http://doi.org/) ? > >I'm looking for something to generate unique ids for a potentially large >set of publications in .epub format. I'd like something which would let >them be part of a larger ecology when released (as with doi numbers) but >which doesn't cost money (don't have any) and isn't a proprietary system >(not certain about doi - it's certainly copyrighted and trademarked) > >Thanks >Graham > >_______________________________________________ >okfn-discuss mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
