Scholars Portal URI and File Naming Policy

1. Policy Statement

URIs created by Scholars Portal

2. Implementation

2.1. Journal articles 

   2.1.1. Scholars Portal URIs are consistently constructed in the following manner:

Examples:

In the case of a collision, the URI that was generated will be appended with an underscore (_) and a sequential number beginning with one. This number will increment for each duplicate URI.

Example:

In the case of a replacement article, the new copy of an article will supersede the old and claim the original identifier. The old copy of the article will retain the original identifier with “_old1” appended to the end. In the case of subsequent replacements, the replaced article will be appended with "_old<X>", where <X> is the next available integer.

Example:

The URI is used not only as the unique identifier for the item, but also as a path to the item's file in Marklogic on both the search index and the preservation database, it provides a link between the preservation engine and the Scholars Portal search engine. The Marklogic path takes the form of:

http://journals2.scholarsportal.info/details.xqy?uri=/03054179/v31i0004/530_apcbttsfhh.xml

   2.1.2. URIs for individual files and events created by Scholars Portal

Scholars Portal URIs for individual files and events are consistently constructed in the following manner:

Examples:

   2.1.3. File system path structure for content files

Please see Move Event Diagram

Example paths:

3. References

3.1. Metrics for Digital Repository Audit and Certification (2009) CCSDS XXX.0-R-1. Red Book. Issue 1. June 2009.

4. Document History

Version

Date

Change

Author

0.1

08/23/11

Draft created

Aurianne Steinman

0.2

09/01/11

Draft formatted

Aurianne Steinman

0.3

09/20/11

Suggested edits

Aurianne Steinman