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@article{citeulike:2906262, author = {Aerts, Raf}, citeulike-article-id = {2906262}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/453979b}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/453979b}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18563129}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18563129}, comment = {If it is possible to have DOIs for objects (or, so they say, enough IPv6 addresses for every molecule on Earth), why is it so difficult to implement DAIs for authors?}, day = {19}, doi = {10.1038/453979b}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {dai, digital-identity, doi, raf-aerts, researcherid}, month = {June}, number = {7198}, pages = {979}, posted-at = {2008-06-18 22:49:16}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Digital identifiers work for articles, so why not for authors?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/453979b}, volume = {453}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2906262 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2906262 IS - 7198 JF - Nature EP - 979 TI - Digital identifiers work for articles, so why not for authors? PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 453 SP - 979 KW - dai KW - digital-identity KW - doi KW - raf-aerts KW - researcherid N1 - If it is possible to have DOIs for objects (or, so they say, enough IPv6 addresses for every molecule on Earth), why is it so difficult to implement DAIs for authors? AU - Aerts, Raf PY - 2008/06/19/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/453979b ER -