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 ==== DOI format in APA style ====
-Since the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system was introduced in 2000, guidelines on how to best display DOIs have kept evolving. In late 2016, Crossref, an influential DOI registration agency, [[https://www.crossref.org/blog/new-crossref-doi-display-guidelines-are-on-the-way/|announced]] it would change its [[https://www.crossref.org/display-guidelines/|official recommendation]] to the following format:
+Since the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system was introduced in 2000, guidelines on how to best display DOIs have evolved. Effective March 2017, Crossref, an influential DOI registration agency, now [[https://www.crossref.org/display-guidelines/|recommends]] the following format:
-''<nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008</nowiki>''
+''https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008''
-The 6th edition of the [[http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4200066.aspx|Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association]], published in 2010, still recommends the original ''doi:10.1037/rmh0000008'' format. However, in 2012, APA published a companion guide, [[http://www.apastyle.org/products/4210512.aspx|APA Style Guide to Electronic References]], in which APA started to recommend the newer (but nowadays also outdated) ''<nowiki>http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008</nowiki>'' format. Finally, APA has indicated that newer formats are acceptable, and that they tend to follow the Crossref guidelines. In view of this, the CSL style for the 6th edition of APA has been updated to use the ''<nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008</nowiki>'' format currently recommended by Crossref.
+Note the use of "https" instead of "http", and "doi.org" instead of "dx.doi.org".
-=== A brief history of DOI formats ===
+While the 6th edition of the [[http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4200066.aspx|Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association]], published in 2010, recommended the original ''doi:10.1037/rmh0000008'' format, APA has [[http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2017/03/doi-display-guidelines-update-march-2017.html|updated their guidelines]] to follow the Crossref guidelines for displaying DOIs with this latest format.
-As Crossref [[https://www.crossref.org/display-guidelines/#why-not-use-doi-or-doi|explains]] in their blog post on their most recent recommendation, the original concise ''doi:10.1037/rmh0000008'' format was recommended with the hope that web browsers would one day automatically recognize and hyperlink these DOIs.
+The CSL styles for the 6th edition of APA has therefore been updated to use the ''https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008'' format as well.
-Since this didn't happen, Crossref [[https://www.crossref.org/news/2011-08-02-crossref-revises-doi-display-guidelines/|changed its recommendation]] in 2011 to show DOIs as regular URLs instead, in the format ''<nowiki>http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008</nowiki>''.
+=== A brief history of DOI formats ===
-More recently, there has been a strong movement to move the web over from HTTP to the more secure HTTPS protocol. Technical changes also made it possible to link DOIs via the shorter ''doi.org'' instead of ''dx.doi.org''. Together, this changed the recommended format to the currently preferred ''<nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008</nowiki>''.
-=== APA's opinion ===
-In addition to their manuals, APA published a [[http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2014/07/how-to-use-the-new-doi-format-in-apa-style.html|blog post]] in 2014 in which they discussed the change from the ''doi:'' to the ''<nowiki>http://dx.doi.org</nowiki>'' format.
+As Crossref [[https://www.crossref.org/display-guidelines/#why-not-use-doi-or-doi|explains]] in their guidelines, the original concise ''doi:10.1037/rmh0000008'' format was recommended with the hope that web browsers would one day automatically recognize and hyperlink these DOIs.
-In 2015, APA also [[https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/218587/#Comment_218587|indicated]] that they have no objection to the shorter ''<nowiki>http://doi.org</nowiki>'' format:
+Since this didn't happen, Crossref [[https://www.crossref.org/news/2011-08-02-crossref-revises-doi-display-guidelines/|changed its recommendation]] in 2011 to show DOIs as regular URLs instead, in the format ''http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008''. APA started to recommend this newer (but nowadays also outdated) format in its 2012 companion guide, [[http://www.apastyle.org/products/4210512.aspx|APA Style Guide to Electronic References]], and discussed this change in a 2014 [[http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2014/07/how-to-use-the-new-doi-format-in-apa-style.html|blog post]].
-> This DOI world is constantly changing, and APA formulated its guideline to use the ''<nowiki>http://dx.doi.org</nowiki>'' prefix based on the recommendation of CrossRef.org. CrossRef still specifies that this is the format to use; I am unaware as to whether they know that the doi.org site suggests a simpler format. Certainly as long as the DOI resolves you have satisfied the purpose of the reference, and in the future I wouldn’t be surprised if all publishers officially endorsed the shorter form. In the meantime, if you want to be a stickler for the rules, the dx.doi format is the one that’s officially endorsed.
+More recently, there has been a strong movement to move the web over from HTTP to the more secure HTTPS protocol. Technical changes also made it possible to link DOIs via the shorter ''doi.org'' instead of ''dx.doi.org''. Together, this let Crossref [[https://www.crossref.org/blog/new-crossref-doi-display-guidelines-are-on-the-way/|change]] its recommended format to ''https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000008''.
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-> Best regards,
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-> The APA Style Expert Team
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