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Thanks Ray. Oh boy, I don't know enough about SuDoc to describe the syntax rules fully. I can spend some more time with the SuDoc documentation (written for a pre-computer era) and try to figure it out, or do the best I can. I mean, the info registration can clearly point to the existing SuDoc documentation and say "one of these" -- but actually describing the syntax formally may or may not be possible/easy/possible-for-me-personally. I can't even tell if normalization would be required or not. I don't think so. I think SuDocs don't suffer from that problem LCCNs did to require normalization, I think they already have consistent form, but I'm not certain. I'll see what I can do with it. But Ray, you work for 'the government'. Do you have a relationship with a counter-part at GPO that might be interested in getting involved with this? Jonathan Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress wrote: > It's a fairly straightforward process, See: > http://info-uri.info/registry/register.html > > You should look at a few examples first, go to > http://info-uri.info/registry/ and click on a few of those listed in the > left column. > > I think registering one for SuDocs would be fairly easy. > > The info folks are most concerned that the syntax rules are well-described. > I had registered a few of these before they started cracking the whip on > that (and rightly so), and when I registered info:lc it became more > difficult; you might want to look at that for an example: > http://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=reg&identifier=info:lc/ > > Also, normalization - I suggested looking at info:lccn normalization rules: > http://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=reg&identifier=info:lccn/ > > --Ray > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Rochkind" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 3:12 PM > Subject: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris? > > > >> Does anyone know the process for registering a sub-scheme for info: uris? >> >> I'd like to have one for SuDoc classification numbers, info:sudoc/. >> >> I'm not sure if I can register that on my own, without working with the US >> Government Printing Office, who actually maintains sudocs. But if I have >> to get GPO to do it, I'll probably give up quicker (unless it turns out >> easier than I thought to find the right person at GPO and get them to sign >> on -- I doubt it!). Or if the registration process is really long and >> onerous. >> >> But if it's easy enough to just fill out a form and get info:sudoc >> registered, I'd rather it be legal than use things that look like an info >> uri but really aren't a legally registered sub-scheme. >> >> Anyone know? >> >> Jonathan >> > >