Re: some emacs history

[Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

Should of course be "It would not be a problem of DOIs if they wer
*NOT* used to point to scientific reports".


On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Lennart Borgman
<lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu> wrote:
>> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>> This is a big problem with doi. It may point to hidden resources and
>>>> in fact be totally useless for those who does not have access.
>>
>> I don't view that as a problem peculiar to DOIs; it also applies to
>> URLs, as well as non-electronic services, such as private clubs.
>> Somethings in life are free, but most are not.
>
>
> It would not be a problem of DOIs if they were used to point to
> scientific reports.(I am very doubtful if anything that is not
> available for free should be used as references in scientific works,
> even more since abstracts can be very misleading. But I guess this is
> not the best place to discuss this ;-)
>