About mEDRA

What is mEDRA?

mEDRA is a DOI Registration Agency that provides DOI registration and metadata services for publishers and content providers. Like other DOI Registration Agencies, mEDRA works within the DOI system to help organizations assign DOI names, register metadata, and maintain persistent links for digital content.

mEDRA explains that a DOI Registration Agency is recognized by the International DOI Foundation and provides services such as allocating DOI prefixes, registering DOIs, and supporting the infrastructure needed for registrants to maintain metadata and state data.

mEDRA and DOI Metadata

mEDRA requires metadata in order to assign DOIs. This metadata describes the content being registered — author names, titles, publication dates, journal issue information, article details, and other bibliographic elements.

mEDRA metadata is managed through XML-based standards, especially ONIX for DOI registration, according to ONIX-for-DOI-Registration specifications.

DOI Registration Through mEDRA

mEDRA supports different ways to register DOIs and submit metadata:

• Simplified web forms
• XML upload
• B2B web services
• OJS plugin for automatic metadata export
• ONIX for DOI and JATS (for journal articles via B2B)

This makes mEDRA especially relevant for publishers needing structured workflows, multilingual publishing support, and integration with journal management systems.

Why mEDRA Matters for Journals

Using mEDRA-based DOI registration can help journals:

• Assign persistent identifiers to articles
• Manage structured metadata and update records when URLs change
• Support XML-based publishing workflows
• Improve article discoverability
• Connect journal content to the wider DOI infrastructure

mEDRA explains that DOI metadata should be updated whenever content information changes, especially when the content URL is changed. DOI persistence depends on maintaining accurate metadata over time.