- From: Eric Jain <Eric.Jain@isb-sib.ch>
- Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:36:35 +0200
- To: Hilmar Lapp <hlapp@duke.edu>
- CC: Ricardo Pereira <ricardo@tdwg.org>, public-semweb-lifesci <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Hilmar Lapp wrote: > That's part of the LSID resolution protocol. It's what the HTTP proxy > does under the hood. > > I'm assuming you aren't suggesting that you can only be an LSID > assigning authority if you also run a HTTP proxy? Not everything the spec talks about is required... > Note that the DOI spec also doesn't define http://dx.doi.org. From <http://www.doi.org/handbook_2000/enumeration.html#2.9.2>: "Users may resolve DOI names using the URL syntax through the DOI System proxy server (http://dx.doi.org). A DOI name of the form doi:10.123/456 would be resolved from the address: "http://dx.doi.org/10.123/456". Any standard browser encountering a DOI name in this form will be able to resolve it. The use of the proxy server does not interfere with any http requirements, so DOI names may be used with other http-based mechanisms such as OpenURL, PURL, parameter passing, etc. The proxy server is maintained by the IDF and the DOI System community for use by all."
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