DESCRIPTION This script automates common ARK tasks. The ARK namespace is divided into NAANs (Name Assigning Authority Numbers), which are further (sub)divided into Shoulders. Shoulders are useful for delegating responsibility within NAAN namespaces.
The "mkminter" command creates a minter of opaque strings consisting of digits, letters (betanumerics actually) and a final check character. It takes a 5-digit NAAN (default "99999") and a Shoulder (default "fk2") string. A Shoulder string must start with one or more betanumeric letters (bcdfghjkmnpqrstvwxz) and end in a digit. The NAAN should be one that you have been assigned (eg, 12345) via the global ARK NAAN registry.
The "mint" command generates Count (default 1) strings suitable for ARK assignments from the "fully qualified" minter name, FQShoulder, which consists of the NAAN, a '/', and the Shoulder string. The default minter, 99999/fk2, generates test ARKs (non-persistent) of the form ark:99999/fk2....
Use the "lsminter" command either to list all minters or to check for the existence of one or more minters named via FQShoulder.