Re: FYI, AAP DEVELOPS DIGITAL I.D. SYSTEM FOR PUBLICATIONS

>AAP DEVELOPS DIGITAL I.D. SYSTEM FOR PUBLICATIONS
>The Association of American Publishers, in conjunction with the Corporation
>for National Research Initiatives, has developed an electronic
>identification system for materials on the Internet.  The digital object


Very interesting.  From checking out the site at doi.org, it appears they're
using the Handle system.  A friend of mine and I were speculating on what
happens when there are something like 10**14 documents registered.  Doesn't
it seem like a hierarchical system would do the job more efficiently here?
Or is there such an architecture now behind the handles?

Archie

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