digital object identifier

ISO standard unique string identifier for a digital object
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digital object identifier

Summary

digital object identifier is a publication identifier[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of publication_identifier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,417 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • digital object identifier's instance of is recorded as publication identifier[3].
  • digital object identifier's instance of is recorded as persistent identifier[4].
  • digital object identifier is operated by International DOI Foundation[5].
  • digital object identifier is a type of ISO standard[6].
  • digital object identifier is a type of OID[7].
  • digital object identifier is used for digital object[8].
  • digital object identifier's Commons category is recorded as Digital Object Identifier[9].
  • digital object identifier comprises DOI prefix[10].
  • 2000 marks the founding of digital object identifier[11].
  • digital object identifier's official website is recorded as https://www.doi.org/the-identifier/what-is-a-doi/[12].
  • digital object identifier's described at URL is recorded as https://www.doi.org/the-identifier/what-is-a-doi/[13].
  • digital object identifier's described at URL is recorded as https://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-formal/doi[14].
  • digital object identifier's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[15].
  • digital object identifier's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/doi[16].
  • digital object identifier's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/doi[17].
  • digital object identifier's used by is recorded as BSI Identify[18].
  • digital object identifier's used by is recorded as Q5188229[19].
  • digital object identifier's has characteristic is recorded as case insensitive[20].
  • digital object identifier's main Wikidata property is recorded as P356[21].
  • digital object identifier's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8404[22].
  • digital object identifier's format as a regular expression is recorded as ([^/\p{C}]+)/([^\p{C}]+)[23].
  • digital object identifier's format as a regular expression is recorded as (?i)10.\d{4,9}/[^\s]+[24].
  • digital object identifier's short name is recorded as DOI[25].
  • digital object identifier's short name is recorded as ДОИ[26].
  • digital object identifier's short name is recorded as ЦІО[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include publication identifier[3] and persistent identifier[4]. Recorded subclass of include ISO standard[6] and OID[7].

Origins

2000 marks the founding of digital object identifier[11].

Use and Application

digital object identifier is used for digital object[8]. It comprises DOI prefix[10]. Recorded used by include BSI Identify[18] and Q5188229[19].

Why It Matters

digital object identifier ranks in the top 10% of publication_identifier entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,417 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · WikiHelper232 · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → International DOI Foundation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P137]]: [[Q11713409]]"
  2. 24d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → data_1188
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: data_1188, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289759807|DOI (#289759807)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #mix'n'ma"
  3. 5w ago · Tymewalk · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nonbinary wiki id → Doi_(identifier)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14053]]: Doi_(identifier), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/312523726|Doi (identifier) (#312523726)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8297|Nonbi"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Format as a regular expression → ([^/\p{C}]+)/([^\p{C}]+), (?i)10.\d{4,9}/[^\s]+
    P14541 → 1VMEBz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 14w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Format as a regular expression → ([^/\p{C}]+)/([^\p{C}]+), (?i)10.\d{4,9}/[^\s]+
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1793]]: ([^/\p{C}]+)/([^\p{C}]+)"
  6. 14w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.doi.org/the-identifier/what-is-a-doi/, https://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-formal/doi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-formal/doi"
  7. 21w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Open Culture / GLAM Glossary
    Main wikidata property → P356, P8404
    Instance of → publication identifier, persistent identifier
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||sw, mnw */ import labels from sitelinks"
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