Persistent identifiers

Administering identification

The repository needs a process to assign identifiers as part of the AIP and DIP creation.
There must be a procedure in place for updating the locations held for identifiers in the resolver to ensure that identifiers continue to be resolved to the correct location.
Take-down procedures may be required for instances where a migrated version of an object is no longer the preferred representation. The object and its PID may be retained in the digital archive, but removed from the published repository.
The repository may need procedures in place to renew subscriptions to relevant services, depending on the methodology selected.
Responsibility for various aspects of allocating and administering PIDs should be assigned and internal policies produced.
Comprehensive naming guidelines should be produced to ensure consistency, outlining naming policy, syntax, permitted characters, etc.