ASTM International has submitted its extensive library of standards to CrossRef, the official DOI® link registration agency for scholarly and professional publications, for Digital Object Identifier (DOI) assignment. 

An independent membership association founded and directed by publishers, CrossRef connects users to primary research with a cross-publisher citation linking system that allows a researcher to click on a reference citation on one publisher's platform and link directly to the cited content on another publisher's platform.

The addition of DOIs to ASTM standards will make it easier for users to access the standards that are cited in other online publications.  If an ASTM standard is referenced in a publication, readers can click on the citation listed and will be directed to the ASTM Web site.  Once there, they can view the document summary and purchase information about the latest version of the standard as well as related historical documents.

For additional information on the use of Digital Object Identifiers in ASTM standards, contact Bob Dreyfuss, ASTM International (phone: 610-832-9653; rdreyfuss@astm.org).

Release #8056/Sept08