Transcript IDF Patent Policy & Core DOI Specification

IDF Patent Policy & Core DOI
Specification
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
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
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
Core DOI Specification
• DOI system described as having the following
features:
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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
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)
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
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
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 DOIrelated 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
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
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