Editing Digital object identifier (section)

==Standardization==
The DOI system is an international standard developed by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] in its technical committee on identification and description, TC46/SC9.<ref>{{cite web |title=Digital object identifier (DOI) becomes an ISO standard |publisher=International Organization for Standardization |date=10 May 2012 |url=http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1561 |access-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802195534/http://www.iso.org/iso/news.htm?refid=Ref1561 |archive-date=2012-08-02}}</ref> The Draft International Standard ISO/DIS 26324, ''Information and documentation – Digital Object Identifier System'' met the ISO requirements for approval. The relevant ISO Working Group later submitted an edited version to ISO for distribution as an FDIS (Final Draft International Standard) ballot,<ref>{{cite web |title=Standards and Specifications |work=Overviews & Standards |publisher=doi.org |date=28 June 2010 |url=https://doi.org/about_the_doi.html#TC46 |access-date=7 August 2010 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626071933/http://www.doi.org/about_the_doi.html#TC46 |archive-date=26 June 2010}}</ref> which was approved by 100% of those voting in a ballot closing on 15 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |work=Overviews & Standards |title=Standards and Specifications: 1. ISO TC46/SC9 Standards |publisher=doi.org |date=18 November 2010 |url=https://doi.org/about_the_doi.html#TC46 |access-date=3 July 2011 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704112317/http://www.doi.org/about_the_doi.html#TC46 |archive-date=4 July 2011}}</ref> The final standard was published on 23 April 2012.<ref name="iso"/>

DOI is a registered URI under the [[info URI scheme]] specified by IETF RFC 4452.<ref>{{IETF RFC|4452}}</ref> <code>info:doi/</code> is the infoURI Namespace of Digital Object Identifiers.<ref>{{cite web |title=About "info" URIs – Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Info-uri.info |url=http://info-uri.info/registry/docs/misc/faq.html#which_namespaces |access-date=7 August 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927084025/http://info-uri.info/registry/docs/misc/faq.html#which_namespaces |archive-date=27 September 2010}}</ref>

The DOI syntax is a [[NISO]] standard, first standardized in 2000, ANSI/NISO Z39.84-2005 Syntax for the Digital Object Identifier.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANSI/NISO Z39.84-2005 Syntax for the Digital Object Identifier |publisher=National Information Standards Organization |url=https://groups.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/14689/z39-84-2005_r2010.pdf |access-date=25 June 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625124108/https://groups.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/14689/z39-84-2005_r2010.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>

The maintainers of the DOI system have registered a DOI namespace for [[URN]]s.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-formal/doi | title=Namespace Registration for Digital Object Identifier (DOI) |publisher=IANA }}</ref>