> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of > Mike Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:17 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris? > > The point is that (I argue) the identifier shouldn't tie itself to a > particular dereferencing mechanism (such as dx.doi.org, or amazon.com) > but should be dereferenced by software that knows what's the most > appropriate dereferencing mechanism _for you_ in your situation, with > your subscriptions, at particular distances from specific libraries, > etc.
Lets separate your argument into two pieces. Identification and resolution. The DOI is the identifier and it inherently doesn't tie itself to any resolution mechanism. So creating an info URI for it is meaningless, it's just another alias for the DOI. I can create an HTTP resolution mechanism for DOI's by doing: http://resolve.example.org/?doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00728.x or http://resolve.example.org/?uri=info:doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00728.x since the info URI contains the "natural" DOI identifier, wrapping it in a URI scheme has no value when I could have used the DOI identifier directly, as in the first HTTP resolution example. Andy.
