On 2 Jul 2015, at 10:26, Randy Bush <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > i would appreciate hearing from actual publishing academics on the subject if doi would help them. Yes, it helps. This is one of the standard pieces of metadata that libraries use, and being able to provide a DOI makes things easier and bring the RFC series into line with typical best practice for academic publishing. -- Colin Perkins https://csperkins.org/