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Update (23-05-2007): I've totally reimplemented persistent identifiers in DSpace as well (see PersistentIdentifiers ). As well as removing the Handle System dependency, they also use DAOs. -JR
Update (20-06-2007): After a bit of a hiatus while I PersistentIdentifiers I've come back to DAOs, and I've now (mostly) got them in place for Bitstreams as well. The two major classes that still need doing are EPerson and Group_; once they're done, there are a few others (eg:_ SupervisedItem_,_ WorkspaceItem_, etc) but they should be relatively simple._ -JR
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