Paul C Bernhardt wrote: > APA could have several uses for DOIs. I didn't realize that there was any confusion about this. Someone from APA publishing explained it to me a couple of years ago during the question period of a talk I gave for Div 2. The reason APA decided to include DOI number is that more and more (and eventually all) journal articles will be online. However, over the years, the URLs for those articles will change (as companies are bought out by other ones, companies redesign their websites, etc.). The DOI numbers, however, will remain the same, enabling one to find the articles years later, when it has passed through a half dozen or more URLs, but always has the same DOI in the metadata.
It is a little irritation from the author's end, but will become increasingly useful from the readers' end as the years go by. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
