Re: [Handle-info] Approaches to handle names

[Brian Sheppard <bsheppard@library.wisc.edu>]

John Kunze has some interesting comments regarding semantic naming of  
persistent identifiers, among other things. See "Towards Electronic  
Persistence Using ARK Identifiers: ARK motivation and overview" (July  
2003):

http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/ark/arkcdl.pdf
(Under the heaing "7 Persistent Identifiers at the California Digital  
Library")

On May 4, at 7:48 AM, Steve wrote:

> As for handle naming, yes what should one do.  We kicked it around  
> and I think we arrived at a decision, but one never knows, should  
> it be random, semantic, or maybe it should be hierarchical using  
> your prefix:authority:sub authority:resource.  Maybe the best way  
> to decide is get a bunch of folks in the room and take a vote, but  
> I warn you that this may take some time.

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Brian Sheppard
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center
bsheppard@library.wisc.edu    (608) 262-3349




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