Re: [Dspace-tech] what happens to handles, once an item is expunged?

2012-08-23 Thread Tim Donohue
You're welcome! Just to clarify, in case there's any confusion: In the current DSpace code, Handles are *never* reused. As I mentioned, the only small exception (if it is one) is when you restore a deleted item using the AIP Backup & Restore tools, then that newly restored item is reassigned

[Dspace-tech] what happens to handles, once an item is expunged?

2012-08-23 Thread Berry, Irene (CIV)
I want to thank the group here at the tech list for the thoughts about what happens to a handle once it is expunged, especially Susan Thonton, Tim Donahue and helix84. We still have some uncertainty around what actually happens with handles after a withdraw vs. an expunge, but my practice at th

Re: [Dspace-tech] what happens to handles, once an item is expunged?

2012-08-21 Thread Thornton, Susan M. (LARC-B702)[LITES]
3 Email: susan.m.thorn...@nasa.gov From: Tim Donohue [tdono...@duraspace.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:36 PM To: Berry, Irene (CIV) Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] what happens to handles, once an item is expunged? Hi I

Re: [Dspace-tech] what happens to handles, once an item is expunged?

2012-08-21 Thread Tim Donohue
Hi Irene, Once a handle is assigned by DSpace, it is never reused (even if the item is expunged / deleted). The only slight exception is that if you are using the AIP Backup & Restore system, DSpace will allow you to *restore* a deleted/expunged Item and also restore its old Handle (obviously

Re: [Dspace-tech] what happens to handles, once an item is expunged?

2012-08-21 Thread helix84
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Berry, Irene (CIV) wrote: > We're trying to figure something out about what happens to handles, once an > item is expunged. Is that handle then gone forever from the pool of > available handles, or does the handle server consider that number available > for reuse?

[Dspace-tech] what happens to handles, once an item is expunged?

2012-08-21 Thread Berry, Irene (CIV)
Hello – I have a question for the group -- We're trying to figure something out about what happens to handles, once an item is expunged. Is that handle then gone forever from the pool of available handles, or does the handle server consider that number available for reuse? Could it cause confl