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Persistent Identifiers

A persistent identifier is a maintainable identifier that remains with a digital object. Several types of persistent identifiers are related to STI Products.

These are:

Digital Obejct Identifier [1] (DOI)

Persistent Uniform Resource Locator [2](PURL)

Uniform Resource Locator [3](URL)

Last updated: September 14, 2011

Source URL: http://www.osti.gov/stip/persistentidentifiers

Links:
[1] http://www.osti.gov/stip/DOI
[2] http://www.osti.gov/stip/purl
[3] http://www.osti.gov/stip/definitions/#uniformresource