What is the history of the DOI?
The DOI was invented by the primary creator of the Internet itself, Dr. Robert Kahn and his non-profit, federally-funded research organization (the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, or CNRI). Dr. Kahn was the co-inventor of TCP/IP, built the ARPAnet which became the Internet, and was awarded the National Medal of Technology along with Vint Cerf for having pioneered the Internet. The DOI system was then adopted by the Publishing Industry via the AAP and other industry organizations along with the major scientific, technical, and medical journal publishers such as Wiley, Elsevier, and Kluwer among others. The International DOI Foundation was created in 1998 as a non-profit policy and governance organization. The International DOI Foundation authorizes Registration Agencies such as R.R. Bowker (www.bowker.com). Membership is open to all organizations interested in helping to manage the evolution of the system.
