Re: [urn] Formal request for URN for Persistent Web Identifier (PWID)

Hi,

FWIW 1, the acronym PWID is already used for pseudo wires. See for example RFC 6667. Whether that collision is a problem or not is not something I can judge.

FWIW 2, I have also not seen any earlier request to the urn@ietf.org mailing list, although I have seen the I-D posted.

   Patrik

On 16 Jul 2018, at 10:34, Hakala, Juha E wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Eld Zierau has sent today a revised namespace registration request for PWID to urn@ietf.org<mailto:urn@ietf.org>. The first version arrived in December 8th 2017. However, I don't remember having seen Eld's message back then, and as far as I remember correctly we have not processed the PWID template which is an Internet draft. Eld did remind me about her request in February, and I forwarded her email to Lars, but my email archive does not tell if he responded. Be that as it may, I should have been more active in getting this review started earlier - sorry.
>
> Eld's original I-D was renewed in June; the brand new July version is -03 and can be found from
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-pwid-urn-specification/
>
> Versions are not radically different from one another, but the latest one - which I have not red yet - adds examples based on a prototype urn:pwid resolver under development in Denmark.
>
> There is one sentence in the draft that I want to comment. Eld writes that:
>
> "The textual version of the PWID is also suggested in a textual form in a draft of the revision of the ISO 690 reference standard."
>
> I am the editor of ISO 690 (Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources). It is currently under revision, but the process is in the early stages (working draft). The draft standard shall not contain examples for URN:PWIDs as long as the URN namespace has not been formally registered. Some examples for PWIDs may however be added, since the importance of citing web archives is growing and we need not only guidelines on how to do that, but also increased stability the usage of persistent identifiers can provide.
>
> I cannot claim to understand PWID fully since I don't know enough about web archiving. But I wonder if PWID were one of those namespaces which might benefit from the usage of r-component. If coverage-spec were not part of the identifier but included in r-component, it would be easier to add new functionality in the future and use similar functionality, when relevant, to other kind of resources.
>
> Eld is a digital preservation specialist from the Royal Danish Library, with a lot of experience in web archiving. Any questions about PWID should be sent to her at elzi@kb.dk; alas, she may not respond quickly since she is on summer vacation until 6th of August.
>
> All the best,
>
> Juha
>
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Re: [urn] Formal request for URN for Persistent Web Identifier (PWID)

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