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A digital object identifier Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a persistent identifier assigned to uniquely identify a digital object. A DOI is defined by a digital location like a URL and a description of the object. This description includes attribution and a creation or publication date. Creating and assigning a new DOI is commonly known as “minting”. Minting a DOI for things in Synapse allows you to reference them when used elsewhere, such as in a publication or on an external website.

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While DOIs are designed to be public, minting a DOI does not change the sharing settings/wiki/spaces/DOCS/pages/2024276030 on an object. However, the metadata minted with a DOI, such as title and authors, will be retrievable from other sources, such as CrossCite, even if the object is private in Synapse.

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