iPhylo: CrossRef's OpenURL resolver

CrossRef's OpenURL resolver can be used to find DOIs for papers, or give a DOI it can extract metadata. For example, consider Brian Fisher's article on silk production in Melissotarsus emeryi. This is in FORMIS, and the record is displayed here in RIS format:

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Fisher, B.L/
AU  - Robertson, H.G.
PY  - 1999
TI  - Silk production by adult workers of the ant Melissotarsus emeryi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in South African fynbos
SP  - 78-83
JF  - Insect. Soc.
JO  - Insectes Sociaux
VL  - 46
N1  - Part of FORMIS 00; from PSW,
KW  - ant; Formicidae; Melissotarsus emeryi; Africa; South Africa; scientific; nest; tending Homoptera; silk; production; adult; worker; gland; cuticular depressions; hypostoma; silk brushes; nest construction; defense; diaspidid symbiont;
ID  - 6573
ER  - 

We can find the DOI for this article using the following query:

http://www.crossref.org/openurl?&noredirect=true&aulast=Fisher%20LRM&title=Insectes%20Sociaux&volume=46&spage=78&date=1999, which yields the following XML:

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<query_result>
	<head>
		<email_address>ckoscher@crossref.org</email_address>
		<doi_batch_id>w001</doi_batch_id>
	</head>
	<body>
		<query key="555-555" status="resolved">
			<doi type="journal_article">10.1007/s000400050116</doi>
			<issn type="print">00201812</issn>
			<issn type="electronic">14209098</issn>
			<journal_title match="exact">Insectes Sociaux</journal_title>
			<author match="fuzzy">Fisher</author>
			<volume match="exact">46</volume>
			<issue>1</issue>
			<first_page match="exact">78</first_page>
			<year match="exact">1999</year>
			<publication_type>full_text</publication_type>
			<article_title>Silk production by adult workers of the ant Melissotarsus emeryi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in South African fynbos</article_title>
		</query>
	</body>
</query_result>
</crossref_result>

The DOI for this article is 10.1007/s000400050116. This service could be a simple way to get DOIs for recent papers in FORMIS, enabling us to get GUIDs for the articles, as well as providing a link to the article itself.

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

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