Re: points of failure (was Re: resolution and identification )

From: Erik Hetzner <erik.hetzner_at_nyob> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:55:43 -0700 To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

Erik Hetzner writes:
> Could somebody explain to me the way in which this identifier:
> 
> <http://suphoa5d.org/phae4ohg>
> 
> does not work *as an identifier*, absent any way of getting
> information about the referent, in a way that:
> 
> <info:doi/10.10.1126/science.298.5598.1569>
> 
> does work?

A quick clarification - before I digest Mike’s thoughts - I didn’t
mean to make a meaningless HTTP URI but a meaningful info URI.

What I was trying to illustrate was a non-dereferenceable URI. So,
for:

<http://suphoa5d.org/phae4ohg>

please read instead:

<http://defunctdois.org/10.10.1126/science.298.5598.1569>

Thanks!

best, Erik

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