Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration

worley@ariadne.com Mon, 25 May 2020 01:21 UTC

From: worley@ariadne.com
To: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Cc: urn@ietf.org
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Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 21:21:22 -0400
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Subject: Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration
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"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> writes:
> ...
> Given that DOIs are usually resolved by looking up URLs, it is clear
> that in practice they are compatible with URLs because they *are*
> URLs.
> ...

Unless they've retroactively removed non-ASCII characters from being
valid in DOIs, then it's certain that DOIs *aren't* URLs, and quite
possible that nobody has ever properly specified how DOIs are mapped
into URLs for lookup.

> Beyond the case sensitivity thing which I think is a red herring, I
> would ask why they're asking for a DOI URN rather than a handle URN
> since they're the same namespace.

It certainly seems preferable to solve the general case rather than just
the special case.  But I notice that though I can't remember anything
about "the handle system", my subconscious supplies a frisson when I
read that phrase.

Dale

Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration worley
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration worley
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration John C Klensin
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration John Levine
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration Carsten Bormann
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration John R Levine
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration Hakala, Juha E
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration Henry S. Thompson
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration John R Levine
Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration Hakala, Juha E