- From: David Wood <david@3roundstones.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:01:44 -0400
- To: "Young,Jeff (OR)" <jyoung@oclc.org>
- Cc: "Norman Gray" <norman@astro.gla.ac.uk>, "Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche" <pierre-yves.vandenbussche@mondeca.com>, "public-lod" <public-lod@w3.org>
Thanks, Jeff! Regards, Dave On Jul 2, 2012, at 09:57, Young,Jeff (OR) wrote: > As Norman suggests, checking and approving PURL requests isn't hard, but > it's a manual process and I have to remember to do it. I have a reminder > set to check 3 times a week, but some weeks are noisier than others. > > I don't mind if people ping > http://www.oclc.org/research/feedback/form.asp?project=PURL sooner > rather-than-later. That will bring their request to my attention faster > than me randomly checking the site for new requests. > > Jeff > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Norman Gray [mailto:norman@astro.gla.ac.uk] >> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 5:32 AM >> To: Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche >> Cc: public-lod >> Subject: Re: Wanted : PURL approval >> >> >> 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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