As more museums, archives and libraries look ahead to the opportunities afforded by Linked Open Data, there is increasing interest in the issue of how to identify objects uniquely and persistently so that the identifiers can resolve to an original information source.
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To help cultural professionals establish consistent systems for approaching this challenge, the CRM-SIG of CIDOC (the Documentation Committee of the International Council of Museums) has issued a guidance document covering key principles of a successful locally-defined system for Unique Resource Identifiers which will satisfy the requirements of Linked Open Data.
Direct to ICOM recommendation on Linked Open Data for museums (3 pages; PDF)
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