[uf-discuss] [hcite] indentifier

[Tim Beadle]

On 21/02/07, Ryan Cannon <ryan at ryancannon.com> wrote:
> Identifier is, Per the straw man[1]:
>
>  > An (not necessarily globally unique) identifier, such as a
>  > cite-key, pubmed ID number, or simply the reference number
>  > or string within a publication ([1] or [CLRS2001])
>
> I wrote an hCite export template for BibDesk*, and used the
> identifier (cite-key)
> as the id attribute on the root element. I'll argue that `identifier`
> is not data
> that needs to be accessible to humans, and we already have a semantic
> equivalent
> in HTML.

Apologies if this has already been discussed (I'm fairly new to the
list) but what about the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for academic
papers, where it exists? I mention it as I work for an academic
publisher.
http://www.doi.org/

Best regards,

Tim