Houghton,Andrew wrote: > > OK, good, then if you are concerned about the PURL services SPOF, take > the freely available PURL software and created a distributed PURL based > system and put it up for the community. I think several people have > looked at this, but I have not heard of any progress or implementations. > > > Andy. > > The California Digital Library ran the PURL software for a while, using it to mint identifiers for digital documents. It was a while back, but someone there may remember how it went. kc -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [log in to unmask] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------