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Persistent Identifier

It is good practice to user use Persistent Identifier to address items in a digital repository. There are many different systems for persistent Persistent Identifiers: Handle, DOI, urn:nbn, purl and many more. It is far out of the scope of this document to discuss the differences of all these systems. For several reasons the handle system is deeply integrated in DSpace and DSpace makes intensive use of handles. With DSpace 3.0 the Identifier Service was introduced that makes it possible to use external identifier services within DSpace.

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