What happens if the main doi resolver goes down? I'd be interested to see how well a local resolver works when blocked from this upstream server. Are there any other upstream servers? Ben On Nov 23, 2009 10:10 PM, "Tom Keays" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Interesting stuff. I never really thought about it before that DOIs can be served up by the Handle server. E.G., http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M004545200 <=> http://hdl.handle.net/10.1074/jbc.M004545200 But, even more surprising to me was realizing that Handles can be resolved by the DOI server. Or presumably any DOI server. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/46087 <=> http://dx.doi.org/2027.42/46087 I suppose I should have understood this point since the Handle service does sort of obliquely say this. http://www.handle.net/factsheet.html Anyway, good to have it made explicit. Tom On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The actual "handle" ...