IDF Patent Policy & Core DOI Specification

1. IDF Patent Policy & Core DOI Specification

2. DOI Encyclopedia to DOI Core • DOI Handbook has been the DOI encyclopedia – main developments of the DOI framework are complete • DOI accepted as ISO work item in Nov 2004 • As a requirement for ISO, Draft Core DOI Specification written in December 2004 (18 pages!) • Patent Policy under development from end of 2004

3. Distilling the DOI Essence • Goals of Core DOI Specification: • To distill the DOI System as a whole for ISO process • To provide a reference document for RAs and the Patent Policy • Main components of System: • Numbering, Description (Metadata), Resolution and Policies

4. Core DOI Specification • Numbering: DOI syntax (ANSI/NISO Z39.84, DOI Syntax) • Description (metadata): DOI Data Model • DOI Kernel Metadata/Resource Metadata Declaration • iDD – repository for all data elements to support interoperability • Resolution – Handle System • Policies – “responsibilities of a DOI Registration Agency” – social infrastructure

5. Core DOI Specification • DOI system described as having the following features: • Persistent identifier • Actionable identifier • Interoperable identifier • Digital identifier of objects • Supports multiple resolution – inherent in Handle System and outlined in detail in Paskin, N. “The Digital Object Identifier initiative: current position and view forward.” August 1998

6. Core DOI Specification • Core DOI Specification is fixed and change will be managed by the well-documented ISO process (5-year reviews, input from many different organizations, consensus)

7. Patent Policy • Fundamental IDF Goals: • DOI to be an open standard and system available to all who want to use it on equal terms – widest possible distribution and use of DOIs • Preserve and protect the collective investment in the DOI system and standard • RAs encouraged to develop added-value services and features on top of Core DOI System

8. Patent Policy • Patent Policy goes along with NISO Syntax standard and ISO standardization in establishing IDF as an open standard and system • Specific goals of patent policy: • Generic policy for IDF and all RAs • Establish trust among RAs on patent issues • Provide RAs and users of DOIs certainty that they won’t be infringing any patents when operating within the Core DOI System • Enable and encourage RAs to add value on top of the Core • Be simple, practical and easy to implement

9. Patent Policy Key Concepts • Patent Policy references the Core DOI Specification • “Core DOI Patent Rights” – things enabled by the Core DOI Specification • “Value Added DOI Patent Rights” – things not enabled by the Core DOI Specification • Notice requirement after an RA files any DOI-related patent application (applies to existing RAs and new RAs) • Royalty-free licensing of patents that cover items that are enabled by the Core DOI Specification

10. Patent Policy Key Concepts • Compulsory licensing on commercially reasonable terms of Value Added Patents (things not enabled by the Core DOI Specification) • Royalty-free licensing with respect to patents for which the RA fails to satisfy the notice requirement

11. IDF in Middle Age? • IDF and DOI System have reached maturity, if not middle age • Core DOI Specification represents the fixing of the DOI System and completion of first phase of developments • Patent Policy manages the balance between an open, core system (the system developed collectively) and value added services created by RAs