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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>shortDOI Service</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <link href="/style/new-style2.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <!-- TABLE FOR BANNER --> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#acacac" align="center"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" > <table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><img src="/img/new_shortdoi.png" alt="shortDOI Service" width="620" height="100" border="0" /></td><td align="right"><img src="/img/new_doi.png" alt="DOI Logo" width="155" height="120" border="0" /></td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- END TABLE FOR BANNER --> <div style="height:1px;background:#000000"></div> <!-- TABLE FOR CONTENT --> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tr> <td> <h2>shortDOI<sup>®</sup></h2> <!-- START PAGE CONTENT HERE --> <p>The shortDOI Service is a shortening service that creates aliases for existing DOI<sup>®</sup> names, of the form 10/abcde. These aliases are short whereas DOI names are sometimes very long strings.</p> <p>It is a public service, open to anyone and offered by the <a href="https://www.doi.org/">DOI Foundation</a>.</p> <p>The service will either create a new shortDOI, or return the existing shortDOI if one has already been created. The DOI Foundation's web resolver at <a href="https://doi.org">https://doi.org</a> will treat the shortDOI identically to the corresponding DOI name.</p> <div class="divider-dot"> </div> <p>Enter a DOI name in the form below:</p> <form method="post" action="/" > <div class="para">DOI name: <input type="text" name="doi" value="" size="45" /></div> <div class="para"><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></div> </form> <div class="divider-dot"> </div> <p> For automated purposes, the shortDOI Service can also be used by simply appending the original DOI name to the URL for the service, for example <a href="https://shortdoi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16%3C1661::AID-SIM968%3E3.0.CO%3B2-2" class="norm"> https://shortdoi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16%3C1661::AID-SIM968%3E3.0.CO%3B2-2</a>.</p> <p>A format parameter can be used to specify that information be returned as XML or JSON, by appending <a href="https://shortdoi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16%3C1661::AID-SIM968%3E3.0.CO%3B2-2?format=xml" class="norm"> ?format=xml</a> or <a href="https://shortdoi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980815/30)17:15/16%3C1661::AID-SIM968%3E3.0.CO%3B2-2?format=json" class="norm"> ?format=json</a>.</p> <p>An HTTP Accept: header can also be used to specify the desired return format. The returned field IsNew will contain either "true" or "false" and describes whether the ShortDOI already existed, or was created by this request. </p> <!-- END PAGE CONTENT --> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="divider-full"> </div> <p class="footer">shortDOI<sup>®</sup> and DOI<sup>®</sup> are registered trademarks of the DOI Foundation.</p> <p class="footer"> Send inquiries to info@doi.org. </p> <p class="footer">Updated 5 April 2023</p> </body> </html>