Accepted SPEC should have DOI

[pllim]

You probably will do it but just in case...

[stefanv]

Do DOIs refer to a specific version of a document, or just to a URL in general? If the latter, should be feasible.

[pllim]

I think whatever works for you is fine. Though if the SPEC is going to be hard to change after being finalized and each subsequent edit is significant in itself, a separate DOI per version might be better. But otherwise, general is easier to maintain?

[stefanv]

Yes, the reason I am asking is because SPECs are defined to be living documents, so the idea is that they will evolve over time. The history will be in github, of course.

What is the advantage of having a DOI, other than a shorter URL?

[pllim]

I was thinking more like Zenodo for citation. Is that appropriate here? https://zenodo.org/

[stefanv]

@jarrodmillman may be better positioned to answer that question.

[MridulS]

Zenodo can indeed give out "living" DOIs, it has a base link which redirects to the latest version of a document/artifact.