Library Cataloging
OCLC has a new version of their PURL server running.
- Purl 2.0 Coming Soon
OCLC has announced an update to the PURL service.OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and Zepheira, LLC announced today that they will work together to rearchitect OCLC's Persistent URL (PURL) service to more effectively support the management...
- Purl Spam
The spam problem on the OCLC PURL server has been resolved.A new PURL server has been put into service.Deleting what we though were spam. We added a disclaimer about PURLS on the first page.53674 PURLS were deleted along with 95 user ids.PURLS has now...
- Oclc Purl Server
This meaasge from Tom Dehn was distributed on the PURL-L e-mail distribution list.There are 58000+ spam sites in the PURL Server.I am working on a means to delete them (It needs further development and testing).The PURL server has been available to anyone...
- The Link Element & A Page's Purl
I don't understand why Persistent URLs are not more common. Using the LINK element in HTML documents to indicate a page's PURL is another tool that may make them more common.Bookmarking a page that has a PURL is difficult. The user must know about...
- Persistent Identifiers
My summary of the PURLs/Handles aspect of the creation of persistent identifiers:When deciding on what system to use to help manage collections pointed at with URIs, there are two major systems people use: Handles and PURLs. I have looked at several comparisons...
Library Cataloging
OCLC's PURL Server
OCLC has a new version of their PURL server running.
The software is open source and was written for us by Zepheira. The original specifications for the new software allowed for some variation in the exact operation of PURLs. Our thinking was that part of the reason we were redoing the software was to make improvements to PURLs, and we wanted to impose as few restrictions on that as we could. As we attempted the transition, however, reality collided with our best intentions and we found that changes that seemed quite reasonable had too great an impact on existing users. Working through those issues took quite a bit of work and a lot of testing, but I think we finally managed it.Probably the most important new feature in PURLs is the ability to create advanced PURLs for which you can control the HTTP status code (e.g. the new 303-See Other redirection code used in the semantic Web). You can also delete PURLs. Once you have done this the PURL is tombstoned so there is a record in the PURL server, even though the PURL no longer is available for redirection.
- Purl 2.0 Coming Soon
OCLC has announced an update to the PURL service.OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and Zepheira, LLC announced today that they will work together to rearchitect OCLC's Persistent URL (PURL) service to more effectively support the management...
- Purl Spam
The spam problem on the OCLC PURL server has been resolved.A new PURL server has been put into service.Deleting what we though were spam. We added a disclaimer about PURLS on the first page.53674 PURLS were deleted along with 95 user ids.PURLS has now...
- Oclc Purl Server
This meaasge from Tom Dehn was distributed on the PURL-L e-mail distribution list.There are 58000+ spam sites in the PURL Server.I am working on a means to delete them (It needs further development and testing).The PURL server has been available to anyone...
- The Link Element & A Page's Purl
I don't understand why Persistent URLs are not more common. Using the LINK element in HTML documents to indicate a page's PURL is another tool that may make them more common.Bookmarking a page that has a PURL is difficult. The user must know about...
- Persistent Identifiers
My summary of the PURLs/Handles aspect of the creation of persistent identifiers:When deciding on what system to use to help manage collections pointed at with URIs, there are two major systems people use: Handles and PURLs. I have looked at several comparisons...