- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 22:43:32 +0100
- To: David Wood <david@3roundstones.com>
- Cc: Stéphane Corlosquet <scorlosquet@gmail.com>, public-perma-id@w3.org, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Message-ID: <CAKaEYhLPpdu1w6_VusywOgNvs4HPup8Mk+8-isf1NKRxqefgSQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 10 November 2015 at 22:39, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 10 November 2015 at 22:33, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> wrote: > >> On Nov 10, 2015, at 16:26, Stéphane Corlosquet <scorlosquet@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 4:16 PM, David Wood <david@3roundstones.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> OCLC has been having significant trouble maintaining purl..org >>> <http://purl.org/>, which has led to both a lot of discussions on the >>> PURLz software community list, but reductions in service. >>> >>> Logins at purl.org are currently disallowed, so PURLs are not >>> maintainable. Searching is also disabled.. Libraries and researchers are >>> suffering from the loss. >>> >>> The PURLz discussions are being held here (subscription required): >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/persistenturls >>> >>> Monica Omodei of the Australian National Data Service proposed that this >>> group and/or the operators of the w3id.org service, simply take over >>> purl.org. Jeff Young at OCLC, the current part-time maintainer of >>> purl.org <http://purl..org/>, thinks it is a good idea. >>> >>> The question is, do we wish to take over purl.org? Could we? I am >>> (very) willing to put time and effort into this, but note that the >>> challenges include providing a user-friendly user interface over the >>> current w3id.org system. >>> >> >> Sounds like a good idea. Not being a user of purl.org and not being >> familiar with its interface, what is missing in our current Github-based >> workflow? >> >> >> >> Purl.org <http://purl.org> has a user interface :) It is not grand >> (Brian and I created it in a rush), but it does allow library users to >> create accounts, create and modify their PURLs, search for PURLs, see basic >> history information, validate PURL targets. They can also request the >> creation of “domains” (paths) that administrators can approve or deny. >> Admins can also manage users and groups. >> > > Github now serves RDF via gh-pages and has a decent workflow, https, mime > types, file extensoins and CORS (but no conneg). > > I wonder if it may be possible to reuse a management system like GitLab > > https://about.gitlab.com/ > > To power purl.org. Just some food for thought. > Another idea. If you want to be a bit more hard core, how about running a 100% linked data service such as: https://github.com/linkeddata/gold or https://github.com/linkeddata/ldnode Installation is easy e.g. npm install -g ldnode It has a user system, conneg, all sorts of MIME types, https, login, inline editor, and importantly, access control lists. > > >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> -- >> http://about.me/david_wood >> >> >> >> Steph. >> >> >> >> >
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