What is the relationship between the DOI System and the Handle System?
The DOI System is an application of the Handle System (a resolution system) to intellectual property. It is more than the Handle System: it adds to the Handle System an approach based on structured associated metadata, policies, procedures, business models and application tools. Initial implementations are now being supplemented by increasingly sophisticated value-added tools for metadata management and content management, which will use the Handle System multiple resolution function. The IDF participates in the management and governance of the Handle System, together with other stakeholders.
