>> 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. really? i am told by uk peers that it is similar to what Riccardo wrote. Riccardo Bernardini <framefritti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In Italy, at the moment, not so much. In order to be taken in account > in evaluation procedures, it must be published on an indexed journal. > (Yes, even works published on conferences are not considered for > evaluation purposes) randy