What Makes Persistent Identifiers Persistent?

Askitas, Nikos

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%T What Makes Persistent Identifiers Persistent?
%A Askitas, Nikos
%P 9
%V 147
%D 2010
%K DOI; Persistent Identifier; RePEc; URN; data; handle; trust
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-75354-2
%X This essay sketches technical and non-technical issues around persistent identifiers (henceforth PIs) in a manner which makes no attempt to be complete. Our goal is to rescue the core notions from the obscurity which detail and completeness burdens them with. A reader willing to entertain the idea of their necessity should be able to cut to the chase and follow a more complex and involved debate after reading this. Our hope is that in isolating the core issues we will enable a more founded discussion of the social and political issues involved in PIs.
%C DEU
%C Berlin
%G en
%9 Arbeitspapier
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info