Editing Digital object identifier (section)

==IDF organizational structure==
[[File:DOI Foundation.svg|thumb|right|Logo of the foundation]]
The '''International DOI Foundation''' ('''IDF'''), a non-profit organization created in 1997, is the governance body of the DOI system.<ref>{{cite book |title=DOI Handbook |chapter=Chapter 7: The International DOI Foundation |publisher=doi.org |url=https://doi.org/doi_handbook/7_IDF.html#7.5 |access-date=8 July 2015 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710112821/http://www.doi.org/doi_handbook/7_IDF.html#7.5 |archive-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> It safeguards all [[intellectual property|intellectual property rights]] relating to the DOI system, manages common operational features, and supports the development and promotion of the DOI system. The IDF ensures that any improvements made to the DOI system (including creation, maintenance, registration, resolution and policymaking of DOI names) are available to any DOI registrant. It also prevents third parties from imposing additional licensing requirements beyond those of the IDF on users of the DOI system.

The IDF is controlled by a Board elected by the members of the Foundation, with an appointed Managing Agent who is responsible for co-ordinating and planning its activities. Membership is open to all organizations with an interest in electronic publishing and related enabling technologies. The IDF holds annual open meetings on the topics of DOI and related issues.

Registration agencies, appointed by the IDF, provide services to DOI registrants: they allocate DOI prefixes, register DOI names, and provide the necessary infrastructure to allow registrants to declare and maintain metadata and state data. Registration agencies are also expected to actively promote the widespread adoption of the DOI system, to cooperate with the IDF in the development of the DOI system as a whole, and to provide services on behalf of their specific user community. A list of current RAs is maintained by the International DOI Foundation. The IDF is recognized as one of the federated registrars for the Handle System by the DONA Foundation (of which the IDF is a board member), and is responsible for assigning Handle System prefixes under the top-level <code>10</code> prefix.<ref>{{cite web |website=DONA Foundation |title=Multi-Primary Administrators |df=dmy-all |url=https://dona.net/mpa/ |access-date=7 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114120514/https://dona.net/mpa/ |archive-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>

Registration agencies generally charge a fee to assign a new DOI name; parts of these fees are used to support the IDF. The DOI system overall, through the IDF, operates on a [[not-for-profit]] cost recovery basis.