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ARK
Date added 10 August 2009
Last edited 12 November 2009
Full Title
Archival Resource Key
Description
An Archival Resource Key (ARK) persistently identifies, and enables long-term access to, digital objects through the creation of a stable URL which will not be affected by changes in the protocols, or host sites which allow access to the objects. ARK persistent identifiers can be used for any type of digital object. The methodology can also be used to persistently identify physical and intangible objects.
Standards Developing Organisation
- Bibliographic Development Department, BL
- Bibliographic Development Department at the British Library
Rights
No information
Lifecycle Actions
- Access, Use and Reuse
- Store
Standard Frameworks
- Digital Archive Standards
- Digital Repository Standards
Standard Type
- Identifier Standards
Current Version
- 2008 - Ark Identifier Scheme [external]
Further Information
- ARK (Archival Resource Key) [external]
Alternative Current Versions
None.
Previous Versions
None.
Referenced Standards
- ANVL: 2008, A Name-Value Language
- IETF RFC 0854: May 1983, Telnet Protocol Specification
- IETF RFC 1034: November 1987, Domain names - concepts and facilities
- IETF RFC 2141: May 1997 URN Syntax
- IETF RFC 2288: February 1998, Using Existing Bibliographic Identifiers as Uniform Resource Names
- IETF RFC 2611: June 1999, URN Namespace Definition Mechanisms
- IETF RFC 2616: June 1999, Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP/1.1
- IETF RFC 2822: April 2001, Internet Message Format
- IETF RFC 2915: September 2000, The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record
- IETF RFC 3650: November 2003, Handle System Overview
- IETF RFC 3986: January 2005, Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
- IETF RFC 5013: August 2007, The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
- NLMPerm: October 2000, Defining NLMs Commitment to the Permanence of Electronic Information
- NOID: February 2005, Nice Opaque Identifiers
- PURL: 1996, Persistent Uniform Resource Locators
- THUMP: August 2007, The HTTP URL Mapping Protocol
- Z39.84 ANSI/NISO Z39.84 - Syntax for the Digital Object Identifier