On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Norman Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Pierre-Yves, hello. > > On 2012 Jul 2, at 09:47, Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche wrote: > > > While I consider PURL as a good practice for vocabulary publication, it > is > > clear that this is a long way where even the bravest can be discouraged. > > > > After one week, I'm still waiting for my domains approval (After that I > > will need to wait for my PURL redirection approval) ... And therefore can > > not publish either my vocabulary or my data. > > > > So I come up with this question: is this a normal delay :) ? > > Unfortunately, I think it is normal, since the approvals are granted by > hand rather than automatically, and the maintenance of purl.org is done > on a best-efforts basis. > > Looked at from one point of view, it's unfortunate that an > increasingly-important part of the web's structure (or an > increasingly-visible part, at least) is maintained on a shoestring, but > that's just a matter of finding the maintenance money from somewhere; I can only deplore that fact. > from the other point of view, creating a purl domain is a fairly > heavyweight commitment into the future, so one could claim that it 'ought' > to be a relatively heavyweight process. > According to you, is there a documentation of the approval procedure ? > > But after a week... I would ping them to enquire about the delay. I think > when I contacted them it was via < > http://www.oclc.org/research/feedback/form.asp?project=PURL> > Thank you for this advice. > > Best wishes, > > Norman > > > -- > Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk > SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK > >
