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10 persistent myths about persistent identifiers (PIDs), whether ARK, DOI, Handle, URN, PURL, or "Cool URL" (from my experience running EZID.cdlib.org and N2T.net).
Myth 1: PIDs guarantee access. Get real. All PID services run on evolving software/hardware that no vendor warranties. How could anyone, let alone poor non-profits, change that?
Myth 2: PIDs rarely break. Nonsense. Millions of PIDs are broken. Updating redirection tables is real work for you and your successors. (You do have a succession plan, right?)
At #DWebSummit, @nicopace notes that "people in remote communities want to connect with each other, not necessarily to the internet".
@nicopace There is a unique value in keeping these communities "disconnected", to preserve their cultures against the monoculture on the internet.
This is the opposite strategy of what Zuckerberg wants to build in the Global South.
This is the opposite strategy of what Zuckerberg wants to build in the Global South.
"There is no decentralized web without owning your infrastructure." @nicopace
