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How Blog can benefit from DOI

I didn't google out any other ideas about Blog and DOI. But we do meet many occassions to identify a blog post. The current blog tools provide a permanent link(or GUID in some tools) to identify a blog post. But actually there are already a matural digital content identity system-- Digital Object Indentifier(http://www.doi.org). DOI is a system for identifying and exchanging intellectual property in the digital environment. If weblog tools can support this sytem, the "peronal publishing" will be catergorized into the whole publishing industry. I ever tried get an ISSN for my Chinese blog from local ISSN agency, however, I failed because they said it's not a recognized journal yet. With DOI's opaque numbering mechanism, grassroots publisher can be more active to participate in the common knowledge space belongs to the whole human being.

DOI also works closely with other identifier system in the world, e.g. the new released ISBN-13.