RE: [Handle-info] Is it correct, that dx.doi.org will stop resolving handles in future?

["Uwe Schindler" <uschindler@pangaea.de>]

Thank you for the answer. That was what I expected. 

And I see the same problem with additional traffic. At the moment we resolve
DOIs (our own and others) and Handles (own and others) linked on our web
site (http://www.pangaea.de) through our proxy (http://doi.pangaea.de),
based on the handle.jar library, but we will not restrict traffic, too.

In my opinion, there should not be a restriction on the main handle servers,
which are known to everybody (hdl.handle.net, dx.doi.org), because switching
them off or restricting them would be contra-productive.

Greetings from Bremen,
Uwe
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UWE SCHINDLER
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PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data
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E-mail: uschindler@pangaea.de

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Lannom [mailto:llannom@cnri.reston.va.us]
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:26 PM
> To: Uwe Schindler
> Cc: handle-info@cnri.reston.va.us
> Subject: Re: [Handle-info] Is it correct, that dx.doi.org will stop
> resolving handles in future?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Starting with your second question - DOIs are handles, so
> hdl.handle.net will always resolve DOIs. Whether the behavior of
> hdl.handle.net will always mimic dx.doi.org is another question.
> Although they have a common code base, these are definitely separate
> sets of servers (each address represents its own distributed set of
> servers) and there are already some small differences in behavior. The
> 'DOI not found' and Handle not found' messages are one example. Future
> differences, probably through configuration, are possible.
> 
> At the moment there is nothing that constrains the handles resolved by
> dx.doi.org to be DOIs, but your TIB contact is correct in that the
> traffic levels are monitored and if a large number of non-DOIs go
> through dx.doi.org, then it is agreed that filtering will be added.
> The IDF pays for the running of those servers and it is reasonable
> that they would want that service to mainly be in support of their
> customers. At the moment there is so little cross traffic that it is
> not worth considering.
> 
> In general, it would be best to keep these apart in making static
> references. This would apply to the other handle-to-web proxies as
> well, e.g., hdl.loc.gov. They all resolve all handles right now, but
> they are intended to serve a specific a specific community, they may
> add their own special features over time, and none of them are
> promising to support all communities going forward.
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Uwe Schindler wrote:
> > I have heard today from a representant of TIB, Hannover, that the
> > DOI-Resolver dx.doi.org will stop resolving Handles in Future. Is this
> > correct?
> >
> > Software developed in the past (like Firefox Plugins) that resolve
> > DOIs by
> > prefixing them with http://dx.doi.org/ and do not differentiate
> > between DOIs
> > and Handles may fail in future to resolve Handles through this.
> >
> > Is this really the case. Will then on the contrary side hdl.handle.net
> > refuse to resolve DOIs?
> >
> > -----
> > UWE SCHINDLER
> > Webserver/Middleware Development
> > PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data
> > Tel.: +49 421 218 65595
> > Fax:  +49 421 218 65505
> > http://www.pangaea.de/
> > E-mail: uschindler@pangaea.de
> >
> >
> >
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