# \#news

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## [Joint Statement on Research Data - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/joint-statement-on-research-data-crossref/4421)

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**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
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**Last updated:** [28 November 2023 16:04 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/joint-statement-on-research-data-crossref/4421 "2023-11-28T16:04:24Z")

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STM, DataCite, and Crossref are pleased to announce an updated joint statement on research data. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.crossref.org/blog/joint-statement-on-research-…

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## [5 things you may not know about DOIs or why there is more to DOIs than meets the eye - Blog post by Aaron Tay](https://community.crossref.org/t/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-dois-or-why-there-is-more-to-dois-than-meets-the-eye-blog-post-by-aaron-tay/2639)

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**Author:** [@Vanessa](https://community.crossref.org/u/Vanessa)\
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**Last updated:** [25 April 2022 18:39 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-dois-or-why-there-is-more-to-dois-than-meets-the-eye-blog-post-by-aaron-tay/2639 "2022-04-25T18:39:21Z")

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Aaron Tay is a librarian in Singapore. In his recent post he discusses why ‘as one of the central pillars of Scholarly infrastructure, DOIs are probably more important than you may realize’. He lists 5 things you may no…

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## [Some rip-RORing news for affiliation metadata - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/some-rip-roring-news-for-affiliation-metadata-crossref/1918)

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**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
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**Last updated:** [26 July 2021 09:22 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/some-rip-roring-news-for-affiliation-metadata-crossref/1918 "2021-07-26T09:22:03Z")

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We’ve just added to our input schema the ability to include affiliation information using ROR identifiers. Members who register content using XML can now include ROR IDs, and we’ll add the capability to our manual conten…

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## [Behind the scenes improvements to the REST API - Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/t/behind-the-scenes-improvements-to-the-rest-api-crossref/1878)

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**Author:** [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
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**Last updated:** [7 July 2021 13:59 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/behind-the-scenes-improvements-to-the-rest-api-crossref/1878 "2021-07-07T13:59:06Z")

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Our REST API is the primary interface for anybody to fetch the metadata of content registered with us, and we’ve been working hard on a more robust REST API service that’s about to go live. This is a companion discussi…

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## [About the News and current events category](https://community.crossref.org/t/about-the-news-and-current-events-category/1235)

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**Author:** [@ifarley](https://community.crossref.org/u/ifarley)\
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This category is dedicated to industry news, trends in scholarly publications and communications, and the world around us.