Archive locations

We strongly encourage members to work with a third party archive or content host. In the event that the member ceases to host their content, we can ensure that your DOIs resolve to the archive version, keeping your DOIs persistent. Please include information about your designated archive in the metadata you register with us.  

The archives listed in our deposit schema are:

• CLOCKSS
• LOCKSS
• Portico
• KB
• Internet Archive
• DWT

Please contact support@crossref.org if you archive with an organization that is not listed.

If you use one of our helper tools to register your content, you should be able to find a field for archive location. If you send XML to us directly,  insert the relevant archive information into your metadata above the doi_data section, for example:

<archive_locations>
    <archive name="CLOCKSS"/>
    <archive name="Internet Archive"/>
    <archive name="Portico"/>
    <archive name="KB"/>
</archive_locations>
<doi_data>
    <doi>10.32013/12345678</doi>
    <resource>https://www.crossref.org/xml-samples/
</doi_data>