Local Hosting by Affiliates

Affiliates have the option of receiving a direct feed of all the data submitted to CrossRef. This enables affiliates to host the CrossRef data locally. Local Hosters pull the data from CrossRef in XML and must take all the content delivered to CrossRef. Local Hosting is for those organizations that wish to retrieve DOIs within their local system, without going out over the Internet to retrieve DOIs from CrossRef. Since the data is delivered in XML format, the Local Hoster must have the infrastructure to load the information into their own local system and databases.

A summary of some of the conditions for Local Hosting:

• Local Hosting is available to PILA members and affiliates
• Local Hosters are subject to the general affiliate contract terms and any specific terms for Local Hosting as determined by the Board of Directors
• Local Hosters will not re-sell the data received for Local Hosting or provide a lookup service for other members' DOIs.
• Local Hosters can not just receive a subset of CrossRef data - it is all or nothing
• The Annual Administrative Fee for Local Hosting is in addition to any other fees that apply
• Agents appointed by Members are not eligible for Local Hosting