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# Info
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/info/
- Published: 2005-11-05T11:33:44.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T21:01:41.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

After much labor, the Info-URI Internet Draft is [formally recognized](https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi?command=view%5Fid&dTag=10863&rfc%5Fflag=0&ref=lorcandempsey.net) by the IETF.  
For more about Info-URI check out the [web-site](https://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai%5Fdc&ref=lorcandempsey.net), with links to registry and FAQ. From the FAQ:

> The motivation behind developing the ***info*** URI scheme is to allow legacy identification systems to become part of the Web global information architecture so that the information assets they identify can be referenced by Web-based description technologies such as XLink, RDF or Topic Maps. Note that we are concerned with “information assets”, not “digital assets” *per se* – the information assets may be variously digital, physical or conceptual. \[[About “info” URIs – Frequently Asked Questions](https://info-uri.info/registry/docs/misc/faq.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net#A)\]

This is the work of Herbert Van de Sompel, Tony Hammond, Eamon Neylon and my colleague [Stu Weibel](https://weibel-lines.typepad.com/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) who talks about its significance [here](https://weibel-lines.typepad.com/weibelines/2005/11/for%5Fyour%5Finfo.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net). Congratulations to them all ….  
Disclosure: OCLC Research currently maintains the [registry infrastructure](https://info-uri.info/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) on behalf of NISO.