When a collection is 'published' by the user, or in some other cases (to be determined), the pid should be stored within the record. This PID is a handle of the following type (note explanation that PIDs are handles):
Note: the selflink = the metadata PID.
The ACADEMIA collection, for example, has selflink cbmetadata_00017, and this selflink is referred to by the following PID: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11114/COLL-0000-000B-C02C-B
When someone interested in the metadata for ACADEMIA directs his browser to the PID (handle), he will be redirected to the URL http://applejack.science.ru.nl/registry/cbmetadata_00017, and that is where he expects to find information on the ACADEMIA collection.
When a collection is 'published' by the user, or in some other cases (to be determined), the
pid
should be stored within the record. This PID is a handle of the following type (note explanation that PIDs are handles):http://hdl.handle.net/21.11114/COLL-nnnn-nnnn-nnnn-n
Where
n
is a hexadecimal symbol (range0
...F
)Note: the selflink = the metadata PID. The
ACADEMIA
collection, for example, has selflinkcbmetadata_00017
, and this selflink is referred to by the following PID:http://hdl.handle.net/21.11114/COLL-0000-000B-C02C-B
When someone interested in the metadata forACADEMIA
directs his browser to the PID (handle), he will be redirected to the URLhttp://applejack.science.ru.nl/registry/cbmetadata_00017
, and that is where he expects to find information on theACADEMIA
collection.