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What is a Naming Authority? What is an Authority Path?
A naming authority is an organizational entity given the ability to create and maintain persistent identifiers. Naming authorities are arranged in a hierarchical tree structure, where the parent/child relationship indicates administrative oversight. The process of creating a new child naming authority is referred to as delegation: a parent authority delegates some portion of its naming responsibilities to a child authority.
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