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data

collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally (Source: Wikipedia)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

an actionable, interoperable, persistent link to any entity (thing: physical, digital, or abstract) (Source: DOI Foundation)

DOI

Digital Object Identifier. Designed to be used by humans as well as machines, DOIs identify objects persistently. They allow things to be uniquely identified and accessed reliably. [Source: DOI Foundation]