Heritage PID Resources - Use case mapping

Key: ■ Fulfils the use case, ▣ Potentially fulfils the use case, □ Unlikely to fulfil the use case

Type of identifier	Example of identifier	I want to share a link to my stuff	I want people to cite my stuff	I want to know if people have used my stuff	I want to know what stuff I have	I want people to make things from my stuff	My stuff changes over time	I want my links to still work in 20 years+
Local identifiers that are not links (Baseline)	Catalogue number, UUID	−	■	−	■	−	−	□
Identifying collection items with links	A URL to page on organisation web site	■	■	▣	■	−	−	□
Managing persistent links locally	URL to a subdomain exclusively for identifiers, e.g. data.myorg.org/id/xxx	■	■	▣	■	−	−	▣
Persistent identifier - human readable	URI, Handle	■	■	▣	■	−	−	▣
Persistent identifier- human and machine readable	URI, DOI	■	■	▣	■	▣	▣	▣
Globally resolvable identifier	DOI, ARK	■	■	▣	■	▣	−	▣
External identifier that supports versions	DOI, ARK	■	■	▣	■	▣	▣	▣

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