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Computer scientist with libraries, museums, and archives. Work: data, metadata, identifiers. Play: squash, piano, organ.
Aug 24, 2018 12 tweets 3 min read
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?