RE: [EP-underground] Persistent URLs?

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The approach we've used for several years now is described here:
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http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechLIB:2001.003
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[This is a link to the method as well as an example persistent URL.]
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This document describes a method which is compatible with an earlier =
version of eprints, however the changes required to bring it up to date =
were fairly trivial. Perhaps a system similar to this one could be added =
to a future version of eprints as a module?
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The approach described above supports:
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-o- A simple (i.e. clean) looking, persistent URL is useful in =
citations.
-o- An abstraction from the underlying archive software so that version =
and platform changes do not impact the persistent URL. (The only thing =
that changes is the URL mapping, which is trivial.)
-o- Is locally managed. The persistence lasts as long as the we (the =
institution supporting it) says it lasts.
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-- Ed Sponsler
Caltech Library System
http://coda.caltech.edu
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