[HN Gopher] ShortDOI Service (2013)
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       ShortDOI Service (2013)
        
       Author : cifkao
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2021-04-17 12:25 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (shortdoi.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (shortdoi.org)
        
       | domoritz wrote:
       | I made a script to convert all DOIs in a bibtex file to short
       | DOIs. It's at https://github.com/domoritz/shorty. And yes, it
       | uses regexes.
        
       | huhtenberg wrote:
       | For whatever reason, having not heard of DOI before only to see
       | it referred to as "DOI(r)" is massively off-putting.
        
         | tasogare wrote:
         | It's widely used for scientific publications. Actually the main
         | _real_ utility of DOI are coupled with Sci-Hub.
        
           | gjvnq wrote:
           | Having a DOI is also a small credibility boost and can help
           | with citation managment.
        
       | leemailll wrote:
       | the last line of the page "Updated 2 April 2013".
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       | Even it might exist for more than 8 years, I never see it used in
       | the wild
        
         | hobofan wrote:
         | > as aliases for existing DOI names, which are often very long
         | strings.
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         | Probably because the problem it tries to solve is mostly a non-
         | problem in practice. I've hardly ever seen "very long" DOIs. In
         | fact most I encounter on a day to day basis are so short that
         | you could reasonably spell them out loud if you'd have to.
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         | EDIT: Okay, it's better than I expected. It currently gives you
         | a 4 character id (e.g. https://doi.org/f655), which is so short
         | that e.g. one would quickly copy it from a presentation slide.
        
           | silizium wrote:
           | Some Wiley DOIs are ridiculous long and ugly. For those i use
           | shortDOI. IEEE DOIs seem fine.
        
         | RyJones wrote:
         | I came across DOIs for the first time last week, when I saw a
         | badge on a webpage.
        
         | habi wrote:
         | I personally use it whenever I give a presentation, to cite a
         | scientific work. Makes copying the reference much easier for
         | the audience and helps to reduce clutter...
        
         | bravura wrote:
         | And yet apparently, it still works. (source: I just created one
         | and looked it up on doi.org)
        
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