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Articles on DTIC's Handle Service:

• DoD and Handles: Preserving DoD's Corporate Knowledge, Volume 2001, Number 1, January 2001.
• DoD and Handles: Preserving DoD's Corporate Knowledge Part II, Volume 2001, Number 2; April 2001.
• Get a Better Grip on Internet Information: Use DTIC's New Handle Service, Volume 2002, Number 3; Summer 2002.

DTIC's Defense Virtual Library is a prototype digital library implementation to develop and refine a Digital Object Architecture for multimedia items using handles to access and control documents, photographs, sound recordings and video clips.

The Handle System® is a distributed computer system which names digital objects, stores the names and associated information, and accesses these objects via the Internet.

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI®) provides a framework for managing and facilitating electronic commerce in a networked environment.

CrossRef is a collaborative reference linking service that enables scholarly publishers to link reference citations to online content.

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