Titles change, so they are more liable to break over time. Could you use the identifier as the actual key part of the URL and ignore the title in choosing the page to serve, as some news content management systems do?
Cheers,
Mia
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> On 7 Dec 2017, at 18:24, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi all
>
> So… we’re tweaking some bits of http://cultureobject.co.uk/.
>
> Question is this: should object permalinks be:
>
> 1) more machine-readable, and permanent, using the object identifier - for instance:
>
> blah.com/object/12345
>
> or
>
> 2) more human-readable, but likely more brittle, using the title - for instance:
>
> blah.com/object/image-of-man-drinking-beer
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> cheers
>
> Mike
>
> ps. apologies for an incredibly boring question
>
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