On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 10:44 +0100, James Rutherford wrote: > > 3) Including special characters in the URL string doesn't seem like a > > good idea. While they are valid characters, it does take extra > > processing to encode/decode them from layer to layer. > > As I mention on the wiki, my current idea is to have URLs of the form: > > http://dspace.me.ac.uk/uri/hdl:1234/56 > > which will resolve to the object with Handle 1234/56, etc. If the > object also has a DOI with value 7890/12 then the following URL would > point to the object as well: > > http://dspace.me.ac.uk/uri/doi:7890/12 > > It is necessary to include the "hdl:" and "doi:" parts so we can > distinguish between different persistent identifier mechanisms. The > values allowed for the persistent identifier are dependent on the > mechanism we are dealing with, and as far as possible this will be kept > simple.
Whilst it is necessary to identify the persistent id scheme, that doesn't mean that using a colon as part of the identifier is necessary or desirable. Colons - or other 'unusual' characters - will end up causing problems. In fact, I don't even see that there is a reason to include 'uri' in the url. Why not just support the existing: http://dspace.me.ac.uk/handle/1234/56 for handles, and: http://dspace.me.ac.uk/doi/7890/12 for DOIs, etc.? G This e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. BioMed Central Limited does not accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of BioMed Central Limited. No contracts may be concluded on behalf of BioMed Central Limited by means of e-mail communication. BioMed Central Limited Registered in England and Wales with registered number 3680030 Registered Office Middlesex House, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4LB ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
