Purpose
The NAAN Registry Working Group (WG) oversees the registry of institutions that have been given a Name Assigning Authority Number (NAAN), with which they can begin assigning ARKs. The work consists mostly of responding to requests for new NAANs, but also to requests for changes to existing NAANs. Effectively the WG is a team of volunteer curators whose work will be ongoing. Although the WG is not expected ever to be finished, composition of the curatorial team is expected to evolve year to year.
Objectives
NAAN maintenance. Create and refine processes that permit each NAAN request to receive a response within 48 hours (two business days).
Policy. In consultation with the Advisory Group, develop policies for deciding which requests are appropriate for the ARK community.
N2T resolution support. The NAAN Registry is harvested regularly to supply vital redirection information to the N2T resolver. Work with the Technical WG to ensure stable, error-free harvesting of registry information needed for continuous and reliable resolution.
Deliverables
Kickoff: clarify objectives and decide whether to meet regularly (eg, once a quarter) or on an ad hoc basis
Create a policy document
Resources
A private github repository for maintaining the master registry (private because it contains personally identifiable contact information)
A public repository to host the official public registry and derivative files.
- The NAAN Request form: https://goo.gl/forms/bmckLSPpbzpZ5dix1
The N2T resolver: n2t.net
The Advisory Group and the Technical WG
General WG features common across ARKA working groups
Duty Roster
The roster below indicates a primary and a backup curator on duty for a given period of time. The duties are (a) to respond to incoming NAAN requests within 2 business days and (b) to facilitate any NAAN working group meeting that falls in that time period. Here is the curator checklist to follow for responding to NAAN requests; note that unless you have an unexpired cookie, you may have to re-authenticate at github to avoid what looks like a 404 error (a security "feature", not a bug :) for private repos.
| When | Primary | Backup |
|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Bertrand | John |
| May 2021 | Aurélien / Chloé | John |
| June 2021 | Brian | John |
| July 2021 | Brian | Aurélien / Chloé |
| August 2021 | Maria | John |
| September | John (to Sept 7)/Bertrand | John |
| October | Maria | John |
| November | Aurélien | Bertrand |
| December | Brian | Maria |
| January | David (exam sched ??) | John |
| February | Stéphanie (vacation 7-11) | John |
Working Group Members
- Bertrand Caron BnF
- aurélien conraux French Interministerial Archives
- Chloé Pochon French Interministerial Archives
- Brian McBride University of Utah
- David Nogueiras Blanco Geneva School of Business Administration - University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
- John Kunze California Digital Library
- Kurt Ewoldsen California Digital Library (advisor)
- Maria Gould California Digital Library
- Stéphanie Gregorio Institute for scientific and technical information (INIST-CNRS)
Meeting Times
Teleconferences are 9am San Francisco time on the third Wednesday of each month. Connection details included in calendar invitations.
Communication Channels
Because this group handles personally identifiable information (PII), while anyone can send email to NAAN-Registrar@googlegroups.com, the discussion archives at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/naan-registrar are closed except to group members.
Agendas and Notes
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