Use You can use NRS Web Admin to name an object already in the DRS, or to name create a URN to an important web resource that is not in the DRS. You will need to know the object's URL to use this method.
Using NRS Web Admin, you can create an "active" PID (one that can be used in a browser). You can also create an "inactive" or "reserved" PID. "Inactive" means the identifier is not available to the NRS name resolution server and so will not work in a browser. "Reserved" means that a URL is not yet associated with the identifier.
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After getting an NRS Admin account log into the NRS Web Admin:
- Production: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL:nrs-admin
- QA
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- On the main menu, select Names/URLs, and then Add.
- Click the Select button to select the urn-3 namespace.
- Select the authority path to which the persistent identifier will belong. On the drop-down list, select the appropriate authority path and click the Select button.
In the example below, the authority path HUL.OIS has been selected. 
If you do not know the appropriate authority path, contact your local NRS Administrator. Consult the NRS Status page to identify you local NRS Administrator.
- In the Resource name field, enter your choice for resource name. See Resource name format for more about forming a resource name.
Note: To work in a browser, the persistent identifier and its associated URL most both have an "active" status.
- For Status, click Active to create an active PID. In the URL field, enter the URL to the digital object.
- For URL status click Active.
- Click the Add button to finish this process and create the persistent identifier.
In the example below, the user has elected to have NRS assign a unique numeric value for the resource name by entering the URN mask field {n}.
- In the final step, NRS Web Admin displays information about your new persistent identifier.
In the example below, the new PID is urn-3:HUL.OIS:22414.
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The Opening page of NRS Admin looks like this:
Click on the Create link next to the Search link:
Pick a Naming Authority from the drop down list. You should only see the Naming Authorities that you have permissions for:
After you pick a Naming Authority, you should see options for adding a Resource Name and a URL:
By default, the Resource Name will have '{n}', which creates a unique number. You can replace this default value or leave it. Enter the URL for your resource into the URL field.
After pressing "Create URN" you should see an Edit URN page for your new URN:
The 'Copy' icon next to the link in the FULL URN field will copy the entire URN, with the resolver URL, to your clipboard, so it can be pasted in another place.
This URL was copied using that Copy icon:
http://nrs-qa.lib.harvard.edu/
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(If you are working with the QA/test version of the NRS Web Admin, use the NRS address http:// nrstest.harvard.edu/ instead.)
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The Full URN should resolve to the URL you entered right away. (Though in some rare cases, it may not resolve until the next day.)