The DOI resolution problem seems to be fixed as of 2012-02-15 23:38 UTC.

All servers are in sync and therefore all DOIs are reliable resolvable again. This is especially true for the DOI registered since February 2nd, which have been affected by this issue. There have been no data loss!

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Currently some DataCite DOIs do not correctly resolve. This applies to almost all DOIs minted since 2012-02-02. So roughly 1000 DOIs or 0.08% of all DataCite DOIs are affected.

As far as we know this only affects DOI resolution but not registration. There will be no need to register those DOI again.

Engineers are currently working on the problem.

On 1 December 2011 the British Library again hosted the annual DataCite General Assembly, where the Member representatives discussed progress and strategies of DataCite. Among the topics was also the membership application of the Italian Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università italiane (CRUI). We are delighted to announce that the application was approved and welcome CRUI as DataCite's 16th full member.

Jan Brase, Managing Agent of DataCite, received the 2011 German "Library Hi-Tech award". Prof Dr Michael Seadle from Humboldt University and Elke Greifeneder, Editor of Library Hi Tech presented the prize during the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 2011 in Berlin.