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	Title           : Handle System: A Persistent Global Naming
	                  Service Overview and Syntax
	Author(s)	: S. Sun
	Filename	: draft-sun-handle-system-01.txt
	Pages		: 12
	Date		: 17-Jul-98
	
The Handle System (r) is a comprehensive system  for assigning,
managing, and resolving persistent identifiers, known as "handles,"for
digital objects and other resources on the Internet. Handles can be
used as Uniform Resource Names (URNs). The Handle  System includes:(a)
an open set of protocols, (b) a namespace, and (c) an implementation of
the protocols.

This is the first of a series of planned documents that will specify
the handle protocol and services, and relate the Handle System to other
IETF activities in URN/URI/URL working groups. This document provides a
concise overview of the system and the syntax of handles. Additional
information can be found on CNRI and related project web sites [4, 5,
6, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19].

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