# dois (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dois. Page: Feed: --- ## [Unicode in DOIs](https://pardalotus.tech/posts/2024-12-22-unicode-in-dois/) _2024-12-22 · Home on Pardalotus_ The previous post looked at how long DOIs are. One of the questions was: Do UTF-8 encodings from Unicode characters make any difference on the statistics around DOI length? ## [How long is a DOI?](https://pardalotus.tech/posts/2024-12-22-how-long-is-a-doi/) _2024-12-22 · Home on Pardalotus_ In 2024 DataCite released their first public data file. It’s easy to get a copy . Crossref have made a data dump available for the past few years. Having both files available opens up some interesting possibilities in comparing and combining the two data sources. The most obvious place to look is the DOIs themselves… … and the simplest question you could ask… ## [SPPIES: A slack group for Scholarly Programmers](https://pardalotus.tech/posts/2024-11-04-sppies/) _2024-11-04 · Home on Pardalotus_ Are you interested in the technical side of scholarly publishing technology and infrastructure? If so, you’re welcome to join the SPPIES Slack group. SPPIES is short for Scholarly Publishing Programmers and Infrastructure Enthusiasts, in homage to programmers’ love of acronyms. One of the ‘P’s is silent. ## [Falsehoods Programmers believe about DOIs](https://pardalotus.tech/posts/2024-10-02-falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-dois/) _2024-10-30 · Home on Pardalotus_ DOI s, or Digital Object Identifiers, are everywhere, for a given value of ’everywhere’. They are the identifiers used to identify and link research outputs, and a lot more besides. Humans are good at spotting patterns, and with something as ubiquitous as DOIs, there are plenty of patterns to spot. However, with hundreds of millions of DOIs and decades of history,… ## [Appropriately Technical](https://pardalotus.tech/posts/2024-10-01-appropriately-technical/) _2024-10-01 · Home on Pardalotus_ The word ’technical’ hasn’t always had a great reputation. Think of phrases like ’technically correct’, ’technical details’, or ‘acquitted on a technicality’. It’s easier to think of more negative uses than positive ones. I think there are a couple of reasons for that.