4.3 Create URNs with NRS Web Admin

Use NRS Web Admin to create a URN to an important web resource.

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.

Production: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL:nrs-admin
QA/test: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL:nrs-admin-qa

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.

Note: To work in a browser, the persistent identifier and its associated URL most both have an "active" status.

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 example below, the new PID is urn-3:HUL.OIS:22414.

The new persistent identifier will be actionable (can be used in a browser) when you prepend the NRS address http://nrs.harvard.edu/. The full working URL to the PID created in the example above would be:

http://nrs.harvard.edu/ urn-3:HUL.OIS:22414

(If you are working with the QA/test version of the NRS Web Admin, use the NRS address http:// nrstest.harvard.edu/ instead.)

Note: new or updated PIDs are passed to the NRS name resolution server each night. An "active" PID created today will work in a browser tomorrow.