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Moreover, mEDRA team is available to support customers individually and speaks Italian, English, French and German. </p> <p> mEDRA operates also through international partnerships, such as with <b><a href="http://www.mvb-online.de" class="blank">MVB</a></b> in the German linguistic area, <b><a href="http://libraries.casalini.it/Index.asp?LINGUA=ING" class="blank">Casalini</a></b> in Italy and <b><a href="http://www.sinaweb.net" class="blank">Sinaweb</a></b> for the provision of DOI services in Iran. </p> <p> mEDRA also collaborates with Crossref to allow DOIs registered with mEDRA to be deposited on Crossref platform. </p> <p> For general information about DOI and related topics, refer to the sections <b><a href="/en/faq.htm" class="blank">What is the DOI</a></b> and <b><a href="/en/guide.htm" class="blank">How to register DOIs</a></b>. </p> <p> Thanks to the complementary nature of the team - content industry-oriented and technology-oriented - mEDRA has a <b>unique combination of know-how and expertise</b> optimised for the management of technological standards to be used in content industry. </p> <p> mEDRA therefore also operates as <b>technology provider</b> in the field of identification standards, metadata and e-infrastructures for the publishing industry and provides <b>bespoke consultancy</b> for the analysis of user and business requirements and on metadata design, selection and management, as well as on identification issues. </p> <p> As an example, mEDRA is currently the technological provider of the <b>OP DOI RA</b>, of the <b>Italian ISBN Agency</b>, of <b>LIA</b>, a dedicated service to increase the number of accessible e-books available on the Italian market for blind and visually impaired readers, and developed <b>Gedi</b>, the platform supporting Italian publisher in their licensing activities. </p> <br/> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table class="fondobianco" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="760" summary="Layout table" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img height="10" alt="" src="" width="1" /><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div id="footer"><br /> <a href="/en/index.htm">Home</a> <span class="pipe">| </span> <a href="/en/public_services.htm">Public Area</a> <span class="pipe">| </span> <a href="/en/reserved/mEDRA_DOI.htm">Registered Users Area</a> <br /><br /></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img height="10" alt="" src="" width="1" /><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img height="6" alt="" src="/immagini/riga762.gif" width="760" /><br /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /><br /> </td> <td class="perc_50"> </td> </tr></table> </div> </body></html>

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