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A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to a journal article’s location on the Internet.   
A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to a journal article’s location on the Internet.   
== DOI in Proteopedia ==
== DOI in Proteopedia ==
A DOI is unique to an individual version of a Proteopedia page, and not all Proteopedia pages have a DOI assigned to it. When available, a DOI is the best way to reference your work in Proteopedia. For example, to reference the page [[Ribosome|http://proteopedia.org/w/Ribosome]] you would type in your resumee:
A DOI is uniquely assigned to an individual version of a Proteopedia page, although not all Proteopedia pages have DOIs assigned to them. When available, a DOI is the best way to reference your work in Proteopedia. For example, to reference the page [[Ribosome|http://proteopedia.org/w/Ribosome]] you would type in your resumee:


Ribosome, W.Decatur et al, 2013, Proteopedia, doi:xxx/yyy/zzz
Ribosome, W.Decatur et al, 2013, Proteopedia, doi:xxx/yyy/zzz
== Reaching a Proteopedia page from its DOI ==
Type in your web browser as URL the prefix http://dx.doi.org/ followed by the DOI of a page, and it will take you to the referenced Proteopedia page.