Norman Gray wrote:
> Joy, hello.
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> On 2010 Sep 30, at 11:22, Joy Davidson wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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...?
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> 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,
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> Norman
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