Re: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris?

[Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress]

It's a fairly straightforward process,  See:
http://info-uri.info/registry/register.html

You should look at a few examples first, go to 
http://info-uri.info/registry/  and click on a few of those listed in the 
left column.

I think registering one for SuDocs would be fairly easy.

The info folks are most concerned that the syntax rules are well-described. 
I had registered a few of these before they started cracking the whip on 
that (and rightly so), and when I registered info:lc it became more 
difficult; you might want to look at that for an example:
http://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=reg&identifier=info:lc/

Also, normalization - I suggested looking at info:lccn normalization rules:
http://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=reg&identifier=info:lccn/

--Ray


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Rochkind" <rochk...@jhu.edu>
To: <CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 3:12 PM
Subject: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris?


Does anyone know the process for registering a sub-scheme for info: uris?

I'd like to have one for SuDoc classification numbers, info:sudoc/.

I'm not sure if I can register that on my own, without working with the US 
Government Printing Office, who actually maintains sudocs.  But if I have 
to get GPO to do it, I'll probably give up quicker (unless it turns out 
easier than I thought to find the right person at GPO and get them to sign 
on -- I doubt it!). Or if the registration process is really long and 
onerous.

But if it's easy enough to just fill out a form and get info:sudoc 
registered, I'd rather it be legal than use things that look like an info 
uri but really aren't a legally registered sub-scheme.

Anyone know?

Jonathan