The citation graph is one of humankind's most important intellectual achievements

Let me rephrase my comment. I am editor in chief of an academic journal and a (voting) Crossref member. Recently Crossref has been telling us of the option to “option to distribute your references openly”. While this is apparently trivial for many journals, on my journal this would be an extra effort on our part. Our staff is all volunteer faculty. Please let me know what the benefit to us would be of this extra effort.