Monica,
Thanks for the reference to the ANDS materials.
Norman,
ANDS provides a Handle based service called Identify my Data, and we are foundation members of the Data cite consortium. We will be building on this to also offer DOI registration for data. We have a range of materials on persistent identifiers at http://ands.org.au/guides/index.html.
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On 01/10/2010, at 19:16, Monica Duke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Norman Gray wrote:
>> Joy, hello.
>> On 2010 Sep 30, at 11:22, Joy Davidson wrote:
>>> EZID (http://n2t.net/ezid)
>>> EZID is a service that makes it simple for digital object producers
>>> (researchers and others) to obtain and manage long-term identifiers for
>>> their digital content. The service is available via both a programming
>>> interface (an API that software can use) and a web user interface.
>> That's interesting. Do you know where one goes to discuss these?
>
> Do you wish to discuss this system in particular or identifier choices and trade-offs generally? I think the discussion on identifiers tends to happen across different communities (e.g. teaching and learning, discipline-based ones). JISC has been providing a focus for discussion of identifiers across all JISC communities, e.g. an event held in Feb 2010
> This seems to be the main link for JISC activity http://identifiers2010.jiscpress.org/ (maybe someone can correct me if I am wrong). The Feb meeting overview starts here
> http://identifiers2010.jiscpress.org/jisc-persistent-identifiers-meeting-overview/
> and was presented as an interactive document allowing feedback and comments.
>
>> In particular, is it clear whether this is fundamentally different from purl.org? Obviously, it's a different implementation of the same basic idea, and it uses ARKs, but is there an argument why one should use this rather than purl.org, in terms of the long-term persistence model, or curation style, or...?
>> I'm interested, because I'm trying to draft some proposals for long-term-stable URIs for astronomy, and this is (most opportunely, thanks!) grist to that mill.
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> Going on the outcomes of that meeting (that I attended), JISC is interested in providing non-prescriptive guidance on identifier choices and use cases of what has worked for others - sounds like you could be an ideal user who could feedback on potential materials etc. Although that won't meet your immediate need :) Other than that I'm not sure there is a single place where identifier issues are discussed. Have you seen some of the ANDS materials? I can look up links if you have not seen them yet.
>
> Monica
>
>> All the best,
>> Norman
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