The Crossref system does perform some fuzzy matching but for best results, when the deposited metadata for a DOI has special characters, queries for the DOI should also include special characters.
Example: DOI 10.1260/095830506778119452 was deposited with the metadata shown below. Notice that the first author surname (ámon) has a numerical character entity, in this case the character á.
...
<journal_article publication_type="full_text">
<titles>
<title>Twenty years after chernobyl in Hungary: the Hungarian perspective of energy policy and the role of nuclear power</title>
</titles>
<contributors>
<person_name sequence="first" contributor_role="author">
<given_name>Ada</given_name>
<surname> ámon </surname>
</person_name>
</contributors>
<publication_date ="print">
<month>7</month>
<day>1</day>
<year>2006</year>
</publication_date>
<publication_date ="online">
<month>7</month>
<day>29</day>
<year>2009</year>
</publication_date>
<pages>
<first_page>383</first_page>
<last_page>399</last_page>
</pages>
<publisher_item>
<identifier id_type="pii">C8612851662R7W4H</identifier>
</publisher_item>
<doi_data>
<doi>10.1260/095830506778119452</doi>
</doi_data>
...
If we formulate a query that does not include page number we must include the author using the entity
and not some other form of character, for example:
No match:
<query key="mykey" enable-multiple-hits="false">
<journal_title>Energy & Environment</journal_title>
<author>ámon</author>
<volume>17</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<year>2006</year>
</query>
No match:
<query key="mykey" enable-multiple-hits="false">
<journal_title>Energy & Environment</journal_title>
<author>amon</author>
<volume>17</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<year>2006</year>
</query>
Match found:
<query key="mykey" enable-multiple-hits="false">
<journal_title>Energy & Environment</journal_title>
<author>ámon</author>
<volume>17</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<year>2006</year>
</query>
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