Publisher linking services provider CrossRef, US, recently announced that the UK's National Standards Body, BSI British Standards, has joined CrossRef as a new member.
As a member, subject to the creation of an appropriate protocol, BSI will be able to register standards with CrossRef and implement interlinking with other scholarly and scientific publications. This will be achieved through use of the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) System for which CrossRef provides content registration services. CrossRef includes hundreds of publishers and societies, with 28.9 million content items registered to date. BSI British Standards has 27,000 current standards.
CrossRef and BSI British Standards will work together to establish a working group of interested parties, made up of both CrossRef members and outside organisations, to discuss best practice for assigning DOI names to standards. Together, both companies seek to make standards more visible, provide a common way to cite standards, and enable linking between standards and the rest of the scholarly literature.
BSI British Standards is recognised globally for its independence, integrity and innovation in the production of standards and information products that promote and share best practices. BSI British Standards works with businesses, consumers and government to represent UK interests and to make sure that British, European and international standards are useful, relevant and authoritative.
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