Handle System Workshop

CNRI is sponsoring a Handle System Workshop in Brussels, Belgium on June 17, 2008. The meeting is a follow-on to the successful workshop held in 2007. The workshop will address changes in the Handle System over the last year and will highlight new projects and innovative uses of the technology. There is no charge to attend, but pre-registration is required.

Release of Handle Client Extension for Mozilla

CNRI released a Handle Client Extension for Mozilla on 30 October 2007. The extension is a native handle client for use with the Mozilla application suite. Both the source code and a compiled version for use with Firefox are available. While anyone can use the Firefox extension to resolve handles, the primary intended audiences are handle system administrators who are looking for an alternative to the Handle Admin Tools, and Handle System developers. Questions about the extension should be sent to hdladmin@cnri.reston.va.us.

Release of HANDLE.NET 6.2.5

CNRI released a new version of the handle server code on 9 August 2007. This version (6.2.5) included a new API package that provides a high level interface for creating, deleting and updating handles. See the Release Notes for the complete list of changes. Questions about upgrading should be sent to hdladmin@cnri.reston.va.us.

HDL Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat^® and Acrobat Reader^®

CNRI has developed an extension for Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader that adds functionality to PDF documents which are identified by embedded handles. When a PDF with an embedded handle is opened, the plug-in resolves the handle and performs tasks based on the expected standard data types and values returned from the Handle System. See HDL Plug-in (Ver. 1.5) for more information and to download the plug-in.

Release of HANDLE.NET 6.2.4

CNRI released a new version of the handle server code on 21 February 2007. This version (6.2.4) included a security change and a new resolver object. See the Release Notes for the complete list. Questions about upgrading should be sent to hdladmin@cnri.reston.va.us

Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), 16 November 2005, Tunis.

Statement by Dr. Robert E. Kahn, for Corporation for National Research Initiatives.

CNRI CEO Bob Kahn Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In a White House ceremony on November 9, 2005, Robert Kahn received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civil award, for his pioneering work on the development of the Internet."

"Handle System to be used in UK DfES information architecture development project"

DfES, the UK Department for Education and Skills, and BECTA, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, are working together to develop an e-strategy for UK schools and the learning sector that will further the development of a world-class education system and a skilled workforce. ...The 18 month project will produce a scalable working example of persistent digital identification (using the Handle System technology) with content policy, applied to a core sample of critical DfES and BECTA information.

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ACM SIGCOMM 2005. Webcast of the ACM Turing Lecture, 22 August 2005, Robert E. Kahn and Vinton G. Cerf. [Page provides link to the archived webcast.]

"Lecture: Assessing the Internet: Lessons Learned, Strategies for Evolution, and Future Possibilities, Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn, co-recipients of the ACM 2004 Turing Award. Moderated by Lyman Chapin."

ACM 2004 Alan M. Turing Award Winners Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn. ACM Announcement, 16 February 2005.

Citation: "For pioneering work on internetworking, including the design and implementation of the Internet's basic communications protocols, TCP/IP, and for inspired leadership in networking."

"Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) announced the Handle System -- Globus Toolkit Integration Project", News Release, April 29, 2005.

"The goal of the Handle System -- Globus Toolkit Integration Project is to leverage CNRI's Handle System^® technology through GT's Web services' protocols. Many Grid deployments need ways to securely publish and find metadata about things like capabilities, policies, keys and other resources. These resources themselves have to be "identified." The attributes bound to the identifier have to be securely administered, so that anyone who knows the identity of the resource should be able to find its associated attributes; wherever possible, it may be desirable to access the resource itself."