- From: Norman Gray <norman@astro.gla.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:32:23 +0100
- To: Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche <pierre-yves.vandenbussche@mondeca.com>
- Cc: public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>
Pierre-Yves, hello. On 2012 Jul 2, at 09:47, Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche wrote: > While I consider PURL as a good practice for vocabulary publication, it is > clear that this is a long way where even the bravest can be discouraged. > > After one week, I'm still waiting for my domains approval (After that I > will need to wait for my PURL redirection approval) ... And therefore can > not publish either my vocabulary or my data. > > So I come up with this question: is this a normal delay :) ? Unfortunately, I think it is normal, since the approvals are granted by hand rather than automatically, and the maintenance of purl.org is done on a best-efforts basis. Looked at from one point of view, it's unfortunate that an increasingly-important part of the web's structure (or an increasingly-visible part, at least) is maintained on a shoestring, but that's just a matter of finding the maintenance money from somewhere; from the other point of view, creating a purl domain is a fairly heavyweight commitment into the future, so one could claim that it 'ought' to be a relatively heavyweight process. But after a week... I would ping them to enquire about the delay. I think when I contacted them it was via <http://www.oclc.org/research/feedback/form.asp?project=PURL> Best wishes, Norman -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
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