The DOI-EB Project:
Bringing the DOI to Market for the
Book Industry
David Sidman
CEO
CONTENT DIRECTIONS, INC.
(212) or (888) 792-1847
dsidman@contentdirections.com
* * * FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2001 * * *
Outline
1. What is the DOI (Digital Object Identifier)?
2.
* * * Live Demo * * *
3. Further information; how you can participate
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DOI E-B – Phase 1 – BEA (Chicago)
4 demos:
1. Book review in Business Week: multilinking to
many services, incl. instant purchasing of McGrawHill book in any format from any retailer
2. DOI embedded in promotional email/alert service
(Random House’s “At Random” alert service)
3. Hyperlinking from within one book (PDF) to
purchase other books referenced in footnotes or
bibliography
4. Selling chapter-level items in addition to the whole
book (Business Week’s “Best Business Schools”)
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DOI E-B – Phase 2 - Frankfurt
5 demos:
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5.
Free eBook, w/embedded DOI for purchasing in Print
format (McGraw-Hill’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Sourcebook – distributed 9/28/01 in Adobe and MS-Reader)
Viral Marketing (“Email a Friend to buy this book”)
Helping Search Engines find REAL, published content
(Yahoo example). Then directly from search results, enabling
applications like automated copyright clearance/reprint
rights (iCopyright)
Custom Publishing/Print-on-Demand: ad-hoc creation of a
custom book, incl. printing & binding (NetPaper, Harvard
Business School Publishing)
End-to-End Registration Process for Publishers, incl.
creation of DOI-enabled multilinks
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What is the DOI
(Digital Object Identifier)?
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What is the DOI?
• “The DOI is the UPC (Bar Code) for objects of
intellectual property on the Internet.” Two aspects:
1. Uniquely identifies content - therefore enables computers to
execute transactions of all kinds: Buy, Sell, Syndicate, Track,
Compute Royalties, Clear Rights, Enforce Copyright, Grant
Permissions… including its full life-cycle within the Content
Repository - both pre-publication and post-publication (archival)
2. Provides a Stable, Persistent Link to the Content Itself (or to
the Owner’s website)
• Initiated (1996) in order to:
a) create an e-commerce market for intellectual property online
b) protect copyright in that market (otherwise no one gets paid)
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#1 - Unique Content ID
• Any type of content: text, music, film, video,
photographs, software…
• Any level of granularity: whole book, individual
chapters, illustrations, data sets, tables, music tracks,
versions (e.g. dif. resolutions)…
• Compatible with (superset of) any & all other
numbering schemes (ISBN, ISSN, ISWC, UPC…)
• Once assigned, never changes (“A DOI is Forever”)
• Why is a unique ID so important for transactions?
(UPC/Bar Code example…)
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The UPC (bar code):
more than just a quick way to get through the checkout line
Manufacturer
Distributor
Receiving
Just-in-Time
Ordering
Store
Inventory
computer
Cash
register
Financial
systems
Head Office
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The UPC (bar code):
more than just a quick way to get through the checkout line
Manufacturer
Distributor
Receiving
Just-in-Time
Ordering
Store
Unique product identifier
also used across supply
chain for:
- Billing/Payments
- Sales Tracking
Inventory
computer
- Financial Reporting
- # goods shipped
- sales by store or region
- etc.
Cash
register
Financial
systems
Head Office
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Customer / End User Services
Subscription
Agents
DOI
Customers / End Users
DOISearch
Technology
Providers
DOI
Individuals
Search
DOI
Engines
Abstracting and
Indexing (A&I)
DOIServices
Universities
DOI
Library
Automation
DOI
System
Vendors
Libraries
DOI
Corporations
DOI
Publishers
DOI
DRM
Services
DOI Rights
Clearinghouses
Online
Bookstores
DOI
E-Commerce
Vendors/ Service
DOI
Providers
ContentDOI
Distributors/
Aggregators/
Syndicators
Editorial
/ Content
DOI
Prep Systems
DOI
Typesetters
Content
DOIHosting
Providers
ContentDOI
Management
Systems
DOIPrinters/
Manufacturers
DOI Web
Publishing
Systems
Authors /
DOI
Creators
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Distribution and Sale of Content
Content
Case Study:
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
DOI
DOI
Secure
Wrapping/
Encryption
Content
Hosting
©
DOI
Publisher
DOI
DOI
Metadata
DOI
Rights
Clearinghouse
Content
Distributors/
Syndicators/
Aggregators
©
Customer
Customer
Customer
Customer
©
©
©
DRM
Packaging
Software
DOI
E-Commerce
Vendor
DOI
The DOI permits
interoperability across
all the “moving parts”
of the DRM chain
©
Customer
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Case Study:
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
DOI
DOI
Secure
Wrapping/
Encryption
Content
Hosting
©
DOI
Publisher
DOI
DOI
Metadata
DOI
Rights
Clearinghouse
Content
Distributors/
Syndicators/
Aggregators
©
Customer
Customer
Customer
Customer
©
©
©
DRM
Packaging
Software
DOI
E-Commerce
Vendors
DOI
©
Customer
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#2 - Persistent Identifier
• DOI never changes, but URL does: Content Owner
maintains the correct URL pointer in a directory
• Directory is similar to Domain Name System
(DNS): single directory logically, but distributed
physically
• If maintained faithfully, a DOI link survives:
– moving the content to a different server
– Content Owner’s sale of that content unit/product line
– acquisition of Content Owner by another company
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URL
URL
Content
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL URL
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URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
404
File not found
URL
URL
URL
URL
URL
Content
URL
URL
URL URL
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URL
DOI
URL
DOI
Publisher
DOI
URL
URL
DOI
DOI
directory
DOI
URL
URL
DOI
URL
DOI
URL
DOI
Content
DOI
URL
URL
DOI
Content
DOI
URL
URL
DOI
URLDOI
DOI URL
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DOI
DOI
Publisher
Internet
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
directory
directory
DOI
DOI
directory
directory
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
directory
DOI
DOI
Content
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
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DOI
DOI
Publisher
DOI
Response Page
DOI
DOI
DOI
directory
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
•purchase content
•view free excerpt
•get related items
•get add’l metadata
•request permissions
Content
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
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DOI
DOI
Publisher
DOI
Response Page
DOI
DOI
DOI
directory
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
•purchase content
•view free excerpt
•get related items
•get add’l metadata
•request permissions
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
DOI
Bookstore
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* * * Live Demo * * *
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NEXT PHASE of DOI-EB
(and “U.S. debut” of Frankfurt demo):
NIST/NISO “eBOOK 2001” Conference
Washington, DC.
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
9:00 a.m.
Ballroom A
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We Need Participation!
• Publishers, of course. But also…
• All players in the Digital Distribution chain:
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E-tailers
Distributors
Syndicators
Aggregators
DRM vendors
Content Management/Web Publishing vendors
Digital Asset Management vendors
Publishing Services (e.g. ASPs)
Consulting Firms/Systems Integrators
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How to participate?
• Contact Steve Mooney (IDF) for specifics
(s.mooney@doi.org)
• But depending on level of participation & contribution
by other players, goal is to prototype the following new
applications:
– Cross-linking between reviews, references, vertical portals,
indexing services, search engines, etc. – and primary content
– Cross-linking among content from different publishers
– “Recombinant,” “granular,” “component-based” publishing
– Cross-selling of related items
– Automation of distribution processes, sales tracking, royalties
– DRM (including Superdistribution)
– Peer-to-peer file sharing (but with usage tracking & payments)
– (and more…)
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Strategy and Business Case
• Education
Overviews or intensive workshops tailored to Executives and/or Staff.
• Business Case
Identify increased revenues, cost savings, and implementation costs
Business Planning
• “State-of-Readiness” assessment of:
Post-Production workflow; IT systems;
E-commerce systems; Back-office systems
• Develop DOI-based product strategy
• Develop implementation recommendations
Publisher’s
Implementation Process
(some or all of these
steps)
Implementation Planning
• Metadata assessment
• Detailed cost-benefit analysis
• Define implementation project
Implementation
• CDI will act as project manager and general contractor
• Custom development or off-the-shelf package integration (PostProduction Systems, Asset Mgmt, Digital Rights Mgmt, E-Commerce...)
Content Directions now
Post- Implementation Value-Added Services
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• CDI will develop or consult on developing company- or industrycertified by IDF as the 1
specific value-added applications. E.g.:
• Automation of relationships with syndicators/distributors
commercial DOI
• Advanced DRM solutions
• “Multiple-resolution” applications
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Further Information & Contacts
• Review the AAP/Andersen Consulting DOI recommendations:
http://www.publishers.org/home/ebookstudy.htm
• View the SIIA White Paper on DOI & DRM:
http://www.siia.net/divisions/content/doi.pdf
• International DOI Foundation (IDF):
http://www.doi.org
– DOI-EB Executive Sponsor: Steve Mooney (s.mooney@doi.org)
• Content Directions, Inc.:
http://www.contentdirections.com
– DOI-EB Technical Project Manager: David Sidman
(dsidman@contentdirections.com)
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Thank you!
David Sidman
CEO
CONTENT DIRECTIONS, INC.
“The DOI Experts”
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