http://localhost/ticket/1145 <p> The Handle System is an initiative to provide persistent references for resources. That is, it's basically a proxy system for preventing link rot. </p> <p> Its documentation is here: <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.handle.net/"><span class="icon">​</span>http://www.handle.net/</a>. Servers running CKAN could host a "Local Handle Service", which redirects a hash of a resource to an actual URL. </p> <p> Some suggested use cases: </p> <ul><li>Researcher would like to cite where data came from </li><li>Agencies would like to have a way to prevent vendor lock-in from CKAN if they decide to move to another platform </li></ul> en-us http://assets.okfn.org/p/ckan/img/ckan_logo_shortname.png http://localhost/ticket/1145 Trac 0.12.3 seanh Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:35:02 GMT http://localhost/ticket/1145#comment:1 http://localhost/ticket/1145#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>milestone</strong> set to <em>ckan-backlog</em> </li> </ul> Ticket