You might check out ARK, archival resource key. Not sure how it works with DSpace. It is possible to host a resolver locally, so you can avoid politics.
David Bigwood [email protected] Planetary Image Facility, Library Lunar and Planetary Institute https://repository.hou.usra.edu/ On Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 8:34:28 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I am currently collaborating on the implementation of a DSpace repository > installed in server hosted by a cultural heritage institution (Oficina del > Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana) in Cuba as part of Humboldt Digital > Project. > > We have encountered a big problem unfortunately: due to the Embargo > situtation in Cuba, the Handle provider has declined our request to > register the repository and obtain a prefix for the Cuban institution -- > even though this is a German-Cuban cooperation project and the services > would be paid by the German institutions. > > I would like to ask you two questions: > > - I would like to ask you if you know any alternatives to Handle that > could be used instead. Is there any other provider of persistent > identifier > that is not based in the States? > - If there is no alternative, how would create good permanent links > with a handle? At the moment, the links contain a default prefix > (handle/123456789) plus a local identifier, e.g. handle/123456789/16. > > Many thanks in advance for your help. > > Best, > -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-community/92971660-253f-411f-a58a-f7d10f9f50cdn%40googlegroups.com.
