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Proxy Server

This web form will enable you to resolve individual handles and view their associated values. It uses a proxy server, which understands both the Handle System protocol and HTTP protocol.

Simply appending a handle to the URL http://hdl.handle.net/ and giving the string to a browser as a location will also resolve that handle, but using this form will enable  you to see all of the handles values.

Options:

  • Don't Redirect to URLs: If you type a handle into the text box, and that handle has a URL associated with it as one of its values, the proxy server will instruct your browser to display the location of that URL.  If you select "Don't Redirect to URLs", the proxy will simply list the value.

  • Authoritative: The Handle System uses caching to speed handle resolution. If you check "Authoritative Query", the proxy will bypass the cache, go directly to the responsible handle server, and then refresh the cache with the data for that handle.

  • Don't Follow Aliases: Some handles have HS_ALIAS values that indicate that its data is stored in a different handle. By default, the handle proxy will recursively follow aliases to their endpoint. Selecting this option disables this behavior.



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