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Stephen Downes

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Probably the first link-shortener, PURL was intended to create permanent URLs for documents. PURLs would be used for important structural works, such as standards and specifications. This approach - having a stable URL that would underlie potentially dynamic web addresses - underlies the Handle and DOI systems. But PURL, suggests Any Powell, also presents a single point of failure. What happens when the permanent URL system proves not to be permanent? Hence, "Zepheira, the company developing the PURL software, (has) recently announced a PURL Federation Architecture."

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