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The CNRI Handle system is a 3rd party service for maintaining persistent URL's. For a nominal fee, you can register a handle prefix for your repository. As a result, your repository items will be also available under the links http://handle.net/<<handle prefix>>/<<item id>>. As the base url of your repository might change or evolve, the persistent handle.net URL's secure the consistency of links to your repository items. For complete information regarding the Handle server, the user should consult The Handle Server section of Installing DSpace Handle.Net Registry Support.

Property:

handle.canonical.prefix

Example Value

handle.canonical.prefix = http://hdl.handle.net/
handle.canonical.prefix = ${dspace.ui.url}/handle/

Informational Note:

Canonical Handle URL prefix. By default, DSpace is configured to use http://hdl.handle.net/ as the canonical URL prefix when generating dc.identifier.uri during submission, and in the 'identifier' displayed in item record pages. If you do not subscribe to CNRI's handle service, you can change this to match the persistent URL service you use, or you can force DSpace to use your site's URL, e.g. handle.canonical.prefix = ${dspace.ui.url}/handle/. Note that this will not alter dc.identifer.uri metadata for existing items (only for subsequent submissions).

Property:

handle.prefix

Example Value

handle.prefix = 1234.56789

Informational Note:

The default installed by DSpace is 123456789 but you will replace this upon receiving a handle from CNRI.

Property:

handle.dir

Example Value:

handle.dir = ${dspace.dir}/handle-server

Informational Note:

The default files, as shown in the Example Value is where DSpace will install the files used for the Handle Server.

Propertyhandle.additional.prefixes
Example Valuehandle.additional.prefixes = 1234.56789.0, 1234.56789.1, 987
Informational Note:List any additional prefixes that need to be managed by this handle server. For example, any handle prefixes that came from an external repository whose items have now been added to this DSpace.  Multiple additional prefixes may be added in a comma separated list.

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