<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good stuff, Matt. Thank you.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This highlights the point of keeping the resolving mechanism distinct from the identifier/locator. And why the identity of the “object” is so difficult to define and may depend on the perspective of who is accessing it, machine or human. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am reminded of Andrew Treloar’s “Five Persistences”<div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Persistence of object<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Or mechanism to handle its non-persistence<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Persistence of identifier<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Persistence of binding between identifier and object<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Persistence of service to resolve from identifier to object<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Persistence of service to allow for updating of binding between identifier and object</div><div><br class=""></div><div>It’s number 3 (and 5) — the bridge, the link, the gateway — that is the most difficult. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>As you suggest, we could consider providing some guidance to repositories on this. </div><div><br class=""></div><div><div>cheers,</div><div><br class=""></div><div>-m. </div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 8 Sep 2020, at 09:19, Matthew Mayernik via Esip-preserve <<a href="mailto:esip-preserve@lists.esipfed.org" class="">esip-preserve@lists.esipfed.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi all,</div><div class="">This paper "On the Persistence of Persistent Identifiers of the Scholarly Web" recently won the best paper award at the Joint Conference On Digital Libraries. I think it is worth some consideration, especially regarding citation recommendations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03011" class="">https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03011</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Matt<br class=""></div></div>
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