Our test system (http://test.crossref.org) is down for maintenance through Monday, May 6.

The use of both 'funder_identifier' and 'funding_identifier' has caused some confusion, so we're changing 'funding_identifier' to 'award_number'.  The change will be deployed within the next 24 hours, we'll update the announcement when the change has been made.  FundRef is still in the pilot stage so we anticipate this change will not be overly disruptive.

Both the help documentation (http://help.crossref.org/#fundref) and 4.3.1. schema documentation (http://www.crossref.org/schema/documentation/4.3.1/4.3.1.html) have been updated.

CrossRef will soon allow deposit of non-CrossRef DOIs as components.  Metadata for the external DOIs will be added to the CrossRef system, but the registration and maintenance  of the external DOI will remain with the registration agency. An external DOI must be registered before it is associated with a CrossRef deposit.

Additional details will be posted as they become available.

We currently have a very basic conversion from NLM DTD v. 2.3 using our web deposit form (http://www.crossref.org/webDeposit/) but are considering supporting a more robust NLM/JATS DTD to CrossRef conversion, which will allow members to send NLM XML directly to the CrossRef system via the normal channels (HTTP POST, system interface uploads).

Ive updated the existing XSLT conversion to support NLM DTD v. 3 and JATS - I think it's fairly accurate, but dont' have much test data. If any members using the NLM / JATs DTDs can send us some sample data for testing (email support@crossref.org), it would be very much appreciated.

I've attached the first iteration of the xslt conversion if anyone wants to make use of it locally. Comments on the conversion are welcome as well.