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Locating objects

Above form enables to localize a digital resource on the basis of its unique OAI identifier. Syntax of the identifier is the following:

oai:<domain of the repository>:<an ID of a resource in the repository>

For example:

oai:www.wbc.poznan.pl:8711

Persistent references

It is possible to resolve OAI identifiers without the explicit use of the above form by using following URL:

http://fbc.pionier.net.pl/id/<identyfikator oai>

For example:

http://fbc.pionier.net.pl/id/oai:www.wbc.poznan.pl:8711

The URL-based approach to identifiers resolution is especially usefull for creating permanent references to digital resources, e.g. for a bibliography.

Information about identifiers of an individual digital resources are often made accessible by repositories on pages with the description of these resources.