# Welcome to the Crossref Community Forum! **URL:** https://community.crossref.org/c/welcome/12.md [Latest](https://community.crossref.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.crossref.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.crossref.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Welcome to the Crossref Community Forum! category](https://community.crossref.org/t/about-the-welcome-to-the-crossref-community-forum-category/1026)
**Author:** [@Vanessa](https://community.crossref.org/u/Vanessa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2025 07:10 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/about-the-welcome-to-the-crossref-community-forum-category/1026 "2025-09-19T07:10:23Z")
Welcome to the Crossref Community! We believe things are best achieved by working together. We hope this community forum will offer a new, open, collaborative way of worki… --- ## [How many times do I need to be notified about an outage 3 days ago?](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-many-times-do-i-need-to-be-notified-about-an-outage-3-days-ago/16608)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://community.crossref.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2026 01:43 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-many-times-do-i-need-to-be-notified-about-an-outage-3-days-ago/16608 "2026-10-20T01:43:49Z")
I’ve dismissed this more times than I can count. It comes back, like once a minute. Is this the intended behavior? Is there a way to make it stop? I’ve viewed the latest results. I promise. Maybe make it a pinned topic t… --- ## [Registering an exhibit catalog (online format only) with video content](https://community.crossref.org/t/registering-an-exhibit-catalog-online-format-only-with-video-content/15140)
**Author:** [@SueGraves](https://community.crossref.org/u/SueGraves)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [22 January 2026 00:49 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/registering-an-exhibit-catalog-online-format-only-with-video-content/15140 "2026-01-22T00:49:28Z")
Good morning/afternoon, Has anyone registered a DOI for a digital exhibit catalog, which has video content? We have not yet registered a DOI for this type of content, and I was wondering if anyone in the Community has … --- ## [Got a question about OJS? ORCID? Publishing in general?](https://community.crossref.org/t/got-a-question-about-ojs-orcid-publishing-in-general/12512)
**Author:** [@collinks](https://community.crossref.org/u/collinks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 October 2024 21:20 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/got-a-question-about-ojs-orcid-publishing-in-general/12512 "2024-10-30T21:20:38Z")
The Crossref community forum is a great place to get help and answers about Crossref DOIs, but Crossref DOIs are just one element of the broader scholarly ecosystem. Did you know that there are lots of community forums … --- ## [How much does it cost to use crossmark?](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-use-crossmark/4873)
**Author:** [@echuiza](https://community.crossref.org/u/echuiza)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [6 February 2024 18:51 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-use-crossmark/4873 "2024-02-06T18:51:11Z")
Hello, We are incorporating the use of crossmark to the journals of our institution, however, we need to know if this has an additional cost to the DOI? Thank you --- ## [Error on DOI registration](https://community.crossref.org/t/error-on-doi-registration/4676)
**Author:** [@AluaKurmatova](https://community.crossref.org/u/AluaKurmatova)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [15 January 2024 14:21 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/error-on-doi-registration/4676 "2024-01-15T14:21:24Z")
Dear support team, I’m Alua, a literary editor of the Scientific Journal of Astana IT University. I am currently experiencing difficulties with the registration of DOI. There is an error in the XML file “error on line 5… --- ## [DOIs are not unique...?](https://community.crossref.org/t/dois-are-not-unique/4473)
**Author:** [@OppfinnarJocke](https://community.crossref.org/u/OppfinnarJocke)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [8 December 2023 21:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/dois-are-not-unique/4473 "2023-12-08T21:59:26Z")
Newbie here, I searched but could not find anything about this. If I input the following DOI into the metadata search box on the main page of CrossRef, I get over 5 million results! I expected a single one (or zero, bu… --- ## [I am passing all input correctly but API is not working for me](https://community.crossref.org/t/i-am-passing-all-input-correctly-but-api-is-not-working-for-me/4331)
**Author:** [@avatar039](https://community.crossref.org/u/avatar039)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [28 November 2023 14:17 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/i-am-passing-all-input-correctly-but-api-is-not-working-for-me/4331 "2023-11-28T14:17:18Z")
I’m utilizing Speakatoo for text-to-speech conversion, and I’ve ensured that all input parameters are correct. However, the API doesn’t seem to be functioning as expected in my case. --- ## [Chance Publisher](https://community.crossref.org/t/chance-publisher/4254)
**Author:** [@gurid](https://community.crossref.org/u/gurid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [27 October 2023 12:42 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/chance-publisher/4254 "2023-10-27T12:42:08Z")
Dear Crossref Previous Publisher, an organization is close, so they can’t do Journal management anymore. They want management journal has new Publisher. New Publisher is agree to do that. I wonder how to chance because … --- ## [New Membership in crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/new-membership-in-crossref/4194)
**Author:** [@LeLong](https://community.crossref.org/u/LeLong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [26 October 2023 08:06 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/new-membership-in-crossref/4194 "2023-10-26T08:06:00Z")
Dear all, Hello everyone in the membership community, I come from Vietnam, Journal of Science Lac Hong University. I joined the membership community with the desire to share, exchange and learn knowledge about Journal… --- ## [Multi -language support](https://community.crossref.org/t/multi-language-support/4144)
**Author:** [@bachir1](https://community.crossref.org/u/bachir1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2023 11:45 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/multi-language-support/4144 "2023-10-05T11:45:43Z")
We provide you with direct support in Arabic, French and English to publishers in the Middle East and North Africa as a sponsor of Crossref services after the approval of the Crossref technical support team through this … --- ## [Discuss all things metadata in our new community forum - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/discuss-all-things-metadata-in-our-new-community-forum-crossref/1583)
**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [18 May 2023 02:58 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/discuss-all-things-metadata-in-our-new-community-forum-crossref/1583 "2023-05-18T02:58:49Z")
TL;DR: We have a Community Forum (yay!), you can come and join it here: community.crossref.org. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.crossref.org/blog/discuss-all-things-metadata-… --- ## [Campaign to popularize Crossref community forum](https://community.crossref.org/t/campaign-to-popularize-crossref-community-forum/1126)
**Author:** [@Anjum](https://community.crossref.org/u/Anjum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 September 2019 10:52 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/campaign-to-popularize-crossref-community-forum/1126 "2019-09-23T10:52:50Z")
I have just invited few persons and 3 persons have already joined our community forum. I welcome all new members. I request other members to popularize this forum for discussion about Crossref services and products. Anj… --- ## [Good platform to share](https://community.crossref.org/t/good-platform-to-share/976)
**Author:** [@abec](https://community.crossref.org/u/abec)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 January 2019 16:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/good-platform-to-share/976 "2019-01-07T16:59:04Z")
Nice place to share and learn Thanks Crossref. Roberto --- ## [Good initiative](https://community.crossref.org/t/good-initiative/925)
**Author:** [@Anjum](https://community.crossref.org/u/Anjum)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 November 2018 05:01 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/good-initiative/925 "2018-11-15T05:01:49Z")
I appreciate the work of Crossref team for this community forum. It will help to community for getting closer. cheers, Anjum