Identifiers: Not Only...But Also...

Identifiers Not Only…But Also… Leigh Dodds Chief Technology Officer, Ingenta UKSG Conference, Torquay, April 2008

The Web has Dark Matter

“ This is an age of naming , it is an of age of pointing at things” -- Tom Coates

Identifying Objects of Collective Interest

Why Is This Important?

Externalizing Services

Externalizing Identifiers Business A Business B Business C

Externalizing Identifiers Business Community

Externalizing Identifiers

Global Identifiers

URI Uniform Resource Identifier

URN Uniform Resource Name (Not This Kind!)

URL Uniform Resource Locator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquay

Other Properties of Global Identifiers

Community Support

Open and Shareable

Multiple identifiers will remain commonplace

Publishing Identifiers

doi:10.1629/214

http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/214

LCCN 38032738 http://lccn.loc.gov/38032738

ISBN 0-486-45006-6

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0486450066

ISAN ISPI ISTC Author & Institutional Identifiers

The Future

Questions?

Photo Attributions (1)
Gaetan Lee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaetanlee/133351781/
Tillwe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tillwe/603936954/
Tiarrescott
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiarescott/250678795/
Project 404
http://www.flickr.com/photos/project-404/130008005
TheatricAL 03
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theatrical03/2374336183/
Bekathwia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bekathwia/2170338717/
Gab!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazoing/99990637
Lumaxart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2137729430/

Photo Attributions (2)
Mykl Roventine
http://www. flickr .com/photos/ myklroventine /557237891/
Drew073
http://www. flickr .com/photos/ drewmunro /416432175
Chris Owens
http://www. flickr .com/photos/shutter/105497713/
Maveric2003
http://www. flickr .com/photos/maveric2003/91198458
Ambimb
http://www. flickr .com/photos/ ambimb /2320642182
Hamed Masoumi
http://www. flickr .com/photos/ hamedmasoumi /1970466016/
Psd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/2086641/

Identifiers: Not Only...But Also...

by Leigh Dodds on Apr 14, 2008

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

2 Embeds 44

Statistics

Identifiers: Not Only...But Also... — Presentation Transcript

http://eyetoeye.ingenta.com	43
http://testeyetoeye.ingenta.com	1