Interesting! Thanks. I didn't know you could use purl on a pattern-redirect basis like that. Ross Singer wrote: > So, in a what is probably a vain attempt to put this debate to rest, I > created a partial redirect PURL for sudoc: > > http://purl.org/NET/sudoc/ > > If you pass it any urlencoded sudoc string, you'll be redirected to > the GPO's Aleph catalog that searches the sudoc field for that string. > > http://purl.org/NET/sudoc/E%202.11/3:EL%202 > > should take you to: > http://catalog.gpo.gov/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=GVD%3DE%202.11/3:EL%202 > > There, Jonathan, you have a dereferenceable URI structure that you > A) don't have to worry about pointing at something misleading > B) don't have to maintain (although I'll be happy to add whoever as a > maintainer to this PURL) > > If the GPO ever has a better alternative, we just point the PURL at it > in the future. > > -Ross. > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Houghton,Andrew <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >>> Jonathan Rochkind >>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 6:09 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris? >>> >>> If GPO had a system where I could resolve Sudoc identifiers, then this >>> whole problem would be solved right there, I wouldn't need to go any >>> further, I'd just use the http URI's associated with that system as >>> identifiers! This whole problem statement is because GPO does not >>> provide any persistent URIs for sudoc's in the first place, right? >>> >> With a little Googling how about this: >> >> sudoc: E 2.11/3:EL 2 >> <http://catalog.gpo.gov/F/FIBJ8T23DNC33L6KEDYR7Q8Q3MF6BI9H7Q5XPG4KB3N57HX35X-17544?func=scan&scan_code=SUD&scan_start=E+2.11%2F3%3AEL+2> >> >> looks like the param scan_start= holds the sudoc number. Sure it gives you other >> results, but its might work for your purposes. >> >> Seems like they are creating bad HTTP responses since Fiddler throws an protocol >> violation because they do not end the HTTP headers with CR,LF,CR,LF and instead >> use LF,LF... >> >> >> Andy. >> >> > >