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This documentation explains how to become a user of this LHS, and assumes that the reader is already familiar with the basics of the Handle System and handle administration.

The naming authority for this LHS is 1030. Each user will be assigned a user handle (ID plus password) for authentication. Permission will be set to enable each user to create, delete and edit handles under the naming authority handle. (Handle syntax and terms ("naming authority") are explained in the Handle System Overview.)

For example, a user with the following

naming authority handle: 0.NA/1030
user handle: 1030.admin/JaneSmith

could then use the services's Administration Form to create or edit a handle by entering

Handle Prefix = 1030
User ID = JaneSmith
Password = ********

To become a user of this service send email to email@company.com and request that you be given a user handle for this LHS, and include contact information (name, phone number).

Upon receipt of the user handle information from the handle administrator:

  1. Use the Administration Forms to create some handles.
  2. Go to the handle query page to look at handles you've created.
  3. Use CNRI's Proxy Server or CNRI Handle System Resolver web browser plug-in to resolve your handles. The CNRI Proxy Server understands both HTTP protocol and handle protocol. Embedding a handle in a URL that uses a proxy URL (hdl.handle.net) will permit any browser to resolve that handle. See the Handle Web site for additional information on using handles with the web.

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