appears_in: []
contact:
  github: Africa-PID-Alliance
  name: Joy Owango
  orcid: 0000-0002-3910-2691
contributor:
  email: cthoyt@gmail.com
  github: cthoyt
  name: Charles Tapley Hoyt
  orcid: 0000-0003-4423-4370
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: Assigns persistent identifiers to multidisciplinary research outputs
  with focus on research originating in Africa, such as in cultural heritage and indigenous
  knowledge.
example: 20.500.14351/5a7cdd09d9b65bc39697
example_extras: []
github_request_issue: 1692
homepage: https://docid.africapidalliance.org/
keywords:
- bibliometrics
- cultural heritage
- digital humanities
- publishing
mappings: {}
name: Digical Object Container Identifier
namespace_in_lui: false
owners:
- name: University of Nairobi
  partnered: false
  ror: 02y9nww90
preferred_prefix: docid
prefix: docid
providers: []
publications: []
synonyms:
- DOCiD
uri_format: https://docid.africapidalliance.org/docid/$1
