Re: [Handle-info] https for hdl.handle.net

[John Erickson <olyerickson@gmail.com>]

The Handle System doesn't compel domain adopters to maintain the
Handle "brand." Since browsers and other client applications cannot be
assumed to be reliable Handle System clients --- you can't rely on a
browser knowing what to do with "hdl:11234/1-1548" --- it really is up
to the adopter to decide how they want their Handles to be socialized,
esp. for citation purposes (which is the key point here).

Within their own application space, the adopter does have a choice:
they can show the identifier as "hdl:11234/1-1548" but anchor as
http://hdl.handle.net/11234/1-1548, or they could simply show the
latter. The IEEE does the former; they show
"DOI:10.1109/JIOT.2014.2306328" but link to the proxy version,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2014.2306328

Much ado about nothing (or at least not much), really, since both
forms function as unique identifiers...

John

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 5:48 AM, Gerhard Gonter <ggonter@gmail.com> wrote:
> According to [1] your repository ask to cite the permanent identifier
> in the form of a resolver proxy url.  IMHO, using an URL, even or
> especially a proxy url, would contradict the Handle RFCs (e.g. [2]).
> I assume, your organization has discussed this internally and thus
> came up with your citation guide.  Did they consider the more basic
> forms of representing Handles, that is:
>
> * 11234/1-1548 (the handle value itself)
> * hdl:11234/1-1548 (with a schema indication)
>
> Well, just wondering what the arguments in your (internal?) discussion were...
>
> References:
> * [1] https://lindat.mff.cuni.cz/repository/xmlui/page/cite
> * [2] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3650#section-6.1
>
> GG
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