| Yes, that is correct. The hdl.handle.net link can provide an "inactive" message for a handle prefix which is no longer maintained. Sometimes institutions shut down their handle services intentionally and work with us on the content of that message, and sometimes not.
In principle, it is possible for another organization to arrange to provide the handle services at some point in the future; but it is less likely that someone would be able to offer web-to-handle proxy services under your custom domain name.
We do of course offer the proxy software for public distribution, so this is available to anyone who wishes to do it.
Robert
That's my thoughts too. If my handle server goes down, the hdl.hanle.net URL will stop working too. Kun On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Robert R Tupelo-Schneck wrote:
> You should note that one benefit of using hdl.handle.net is a strong institutional commitment to persistence which is backed up by its widespread use across many communities.
> hdl.handle.net links are very likely to continue to work as long as there are significant communities of handle users. It may be more difficult for a single institution using
> handles to make strong claims about persistence.
> Robert
This raises a question: what happens if my institution is no longer able
to run our handle server? Naïvely, I assume that our handles would not
persist. What really happens in that case?
Best,
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