Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Mon, 25 May 2020 15:16 UTC

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Subject: Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration
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>> 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.
>
> Juha: Handle and DOI are different identifier systems although they share the same technical base. DOI system is administered by International DOI Foundation, and they have the mandate to register a URN namespace for DOI (and asked me to help in the process). Handle system and Handle specifications are managed by DONA Foundation, and they have not required registration of a URN namespace for Handles.

Thanks, but that's not what I'm asking.  Is there ever a situation where a 
10.xx/yy DOI and the same 10.xx/yy handle would refer to different 
resources?  I understand that the answer is no.  That's what I mean by the 
same namespace.

As I noted in a previous messages, there are other handles such as the 
ITU's 11.x which resolve as https://doi.org/ URLs, which even more 
strongly suggests they're the same namespace.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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