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Traceability is not provided by the DOI System but can be made available through the Digital Object Architecture (DOA) on which the Handle System is based (more precisely, through the DOA's Digital Object Interface Protocol (DOIP)).

Different actors may interact with the Digital Object (DO) (which represents the referent) throughout its life cycle. Each action is tracked in the DO itself and this information can be processed for various applications. For example, in the movie industry, this allows providing digital revenue reporting as well as detailed consumption metrics for individual assets.