Handle System

System for assigning and resolving persistent identifiers, developed and operated by CNRI; DOIs are Handle System handles under the prefix 10.

Read the specification ↗ handle.net

Part of the thread Who runs the registry? proposes

built upon by

• DOI standard 2000 [src]

[?] Unconfirmed

• start: First implemented in autumn 1994.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handle_System