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Persistent identifiers are necessary to ensure long-term access to digital documents.

Digital PreservationWeb StandardsApr 23, 2026score 0.173 posts · 0 replies across 1 instances
The thread discusses the problem of documents becoming inaccessible over time, leading to '404 not found' errors, and compares this to the issue of books in large libraries. It emphasizes the need for persistent identifiers to ensure long-term access to digital resources.

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Persistent identifiers are necessary to ensure long-term access to digital documents.
Parent: Digital PreservationEntity: Persistent IdentifiersImpact: positiveDate: Apr 23, 2026Target: The necessity of persistent identifiers for long-term digital access.

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Implementing Persistent Identifiers. Overview of concepts, guidelines and recommendations hypothes.is/a/ucQ38D8OEfGQHgc-2qgpoA Over time, the risk grows that the document is no longer accessible at the loca-tion given as reference. Web servers that follow the HTTP protocol then give the notorious reply: ‘404 not found’. This resembles the situation of a book in a – very large –…
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@[email protected]
Implementing Persistent Identifiers. Overview of concepts, guidelines and recommendations hypothes.is/a/7WrRtD8NEfGCXCPFYbEW8w Over time the risk grows that the document is no longer accessible at the loca- tion given as reference. Web servers that follow the HTTP protocol then give the notorious reply: ‘404 not found’. This resembles the situation of a book in a – very large –…
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@[email protected]
Implementing Persistent Identifiers. Overview of concepts, guidelines and recommendations hypothes.is/a/Yzzzgj8NEfGYwa-VTzUfiw Over time, the risk grows that the document is no longer accessible at the loca- tion given as reference. Web servers that follow the HTTP protocol then give the notorious reply: ‘404 not found’. This resembles the situation of a book in a – very large –…
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 23, 2026
@[email protected]
Implementing Persistent Identifiers. Overview of concepts, guidelines and recommendations hypothes.is/a/7WrRtD8NEfGCXCPFYbEW8w Over time the risk grows that the document is no longer accessible at the loca- tion given as reference. Web servers that follow the HTTP protocol then give the notorious reply: ‘404 not found’. This resembles the situation of a book in a – very large –…
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 23, 2026
@[email protected]
Implementing Persistent Identifiers. Overview of concepts, guidelines and recommendations hypothes.is/a/ucQ38D8OEfGQHgc-2qgpoA Over time, the risk grows that the document is no longer accessible at the loca-tion given as reference. Web servers that follow the HTTP protocol then give the notorious reply: ‘404 not found’. This resembles the situation of a book in a – very large –…
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 23, 2026
@[email protected]
Implementing Persistent Identifiers. Overview of concepts, guidelines and recommendations hypothes.is/a/Yzzzgj8NEfGYwa-VTzUfiw Over time, the risk grows that the document is no longer accessible at the loca- tion given as reference. Web servers that follow the HTTP protocol then give the notorious reply: ‘404 not found’. This resembles the situation of a book in a – very large –…
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 23, 2026