This element holds the digital object identifier (DOI) or handle of the referenced work in a reference. This element should contain only a DOI and no other text.

<doi>10.1080/10599240802379915</doi>

The elements listed below may directly contain this element. They are "parent" elements. Elements in referenced groups are included, up to two levels of group nesting.

Parent elements: <ref-book> <ref-book-text> <ref-conf> <ref-conf-text> <ref-govpub> <ref-govpub-text> <ref-patent> <ref-patent-text> <ref-periodic> <ref-periodic-text> <ref-web> <ref-web-text>

The DTD model for this element:

 (only text allowed) 

The DTD contains the following element and attribute definitions (note that embedded links are to definitions within the DTD page of this guide):

<!ELEMENT doi                            (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST doi
               %a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>

Defined in DTD section Back Matter : References : Periodical References

Common Optional ID Attributes (a-group-CommonIDAttrs)