Hello, Am 31.07.2007 um 10:46 schrieb Sahil Dave:
> How do we assign a unique handle to every new submission into > DSpace..? > right now, the default handle of hdl:123456789/ is assigned. The 123456789 is the authority part of the handle, but not a complete handle by itself. Each item you create should have a different handle like 123456789/1, 123456789/2 and so on. If this does not work, then there is some very basic thing going wrong and you should try to find out why before doing anything else. I guess that this is actually working but you are pondering about getting you own individual naming authority string. This is described in the installation. Besides some technical setup, it requires register- ing with CNRI and signing some documents, paying a low annual fee - administrative stuff. But, before you do, think about whether you really want to do so. DSpace runs fine with the fake string mentioned above that is set in the default config. If you decide to run a proper handle server with an official handle that means that your organisation is willing to spend additional effort on keeping identifiers persistent. It is additional work and thought besides keeping your DSpace installation running, may it be as small as it is. We are thinking about whether it was a real wise decision to do that because we have hardly the money to keep up our basic work. If your server goes down one day because of lack of commitment of your organisation, then all persistent identifiers are vain. If instead you are running the repository for decades ahead, the small overhead of starting early with assignment of handles might pay off by the ease of future migrations. The more deep links to documents on your server from outside your organization you gather, the more valuable it is, to have handles assigned from the beginning. Bye, Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
