- From: Thomas Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:19:09 +0100
- To: Norman Gray <norman@astro.gla.ac.uk>
- Cc: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>, Pemanent Identifier CG <public-perma-id@w3.org>
On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 04:47:20PM +0000, Norman Gray wrote: > >But I don't remember anyone offering us that > >domain. > > My _impression_ was that OCLC was willing to pass on the purl.org > domain, as well as the database contents, to a suitably constituted > successor. I got that impression because I believe the widely > assumed goal is at least (b), and that wouldn't be possible without > a bequest of the domain. I have posted various updates to the Dublin Core community [1,2,3]. We have not heard anything from OCLC about their plans directly, though Jon Phipps noticed that the OCLC Bib PURL service was coming back online [4]. Cynthia Whitacre of OCLC notes: "Since it was introduced, the programming language in which it was written is no longer used for current OCLC applications. This has caused challenges as we looked for a solution, but we believe we now have one" but directs users with questions or concerns about purl.org itself to OCLC's Support Desk. Tom [1] https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1511&L=DC-ARCHITECTURE&D=0&P=3711 (Nov 2015) [2] https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1603&L=DC-ARCHITECTURE&P=11997 (recent) [3] https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1603&L=DC-ARCHITECTURE&P=14384 (recent) [4] http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1603&L=consrlst&T=0&P=490 -- Tom Baker <tom@tombaker.org>
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