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These requirements recommend the use of URIs (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986Image Removed) as identifiers for MIT OpenCourseWare Contributors, Courses, Sections, and Resources.

Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)

Identifier Usage

MIT OpenCourseWare assigns identifiers for use within its own publications.  These identifiers may be used by individuals, organizations, or projects external to MIT OpenCourseWare.  MIT OpenCourseWare does not assume responsibility for supporting these externals uses, or for establishing or maintaining identifiers for any objects outside of MIT OpenCourseWare publications.  For example, MIT OpenCourseWare will establish identifiers for its Contributors, many of which are MIT Faculty.  This does not mean that MIT OpenCourseWare maintains identifiers on behalf of the Institute for every MIT faculty or community member.

Don't Share Names

  1. Names are not Titles
         Course, Section, and Resource Titles are not unique.
  2. Names are not Personal Names
         Personal N

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URIs

URIs are names not locators

URIs are globally unique

URIs are a web technology

URIs are crucial to linked data principles, which we should follow

Linked Data Principles

See: http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html

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We currently make XML metadata files for Courses, Sections, and some Resources available to the public.  For example, see (http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-005Fall-2008/)

Identifier Usage

MIT OpenCourseWare assigns identifiers for use within its own publications.  These identifiers may be used by individuals, organizations, or projects external to MIT OpenCourseWare.  MIT OpenCourseWare does not assume responsibility for supporting these externals uses, or for establishing or maintaining identifiers for any objects outside of MIT OpenCourseWare publications.  For example, MIT OpenCourseWare will establish identifiers for its Contributors, many of which are MIT Faculty.  This does not mean that MIT OpenCourseWare maintains identifiers on behalf of the Institute for every MIT faculty or community member.