{
  "id": "handle-system",
  "type": "identifier",
  "name": "Handle System",
  "governance": "nonprofit",
  "status": "active",
  "url": "https://www.dona.net/handle-system",
  "tags": [
    "function:identification",
    "region:global"
  ],
  "prose": {
    "es": {
      "summary": "El Handle System es un protocolo que asigna identificadores persistentes y los resuelve a la ubicación actual de cada objeto; sobre él funciona el DOI."
    },
    "en": {
      "summary": "The Handle System is a protocol that assigns persistent identifiers and resolves them to each object's current location; the DOI runs on top of it."
    }
  },
  "relations": [
    {
      "predicate": "governed-by",
      "target": "dona-foundation",
      "derived": false,
      "note": "DONA administers the Global Handle Registry via credentialed Multi-Primary Administrators."
    },
    {
      "predicate": "related-to",
      "target": "persistent-identifier",
      "derived": false,
      "note": "Resolution system underlying DOI and other persistent identifiers."
    },
    {
      "predicate": "depends-on",
      "target": "crossref",
      "derived": true,
      "note": "Registers DOI-to-URL mappings into the Global Handle Registry, making doi.org resolution work regardless of registration agency."
    },
    {
      "predicate": "depends-on",
      "target": "datacite",
      "derived": true,
      "note": "Operates its own Handle server infrastructure; a DOI in Registered/Findable state is registered in the global handle server."
    },
    {
      "predicate": "depends-on",
      "target": "dataverse",
      "derived": true,
      "note": "PID provider configuration supports Handle (`hdl`) alongside DataCite/EZID/PermaLink."
    },
    {
      "predicate": "depends-on",
      "target": "doi",
      "derived": true,
      "note": "DOI names are Handles; resolution runs on the Handle System."
    },
    {
      "predicate": "depends-on",
      "target": "dspace",
      "derived": true,
      "note": "Assigns Handles natively; ships with the dummy prefix 123456789, requiring a real CNRI-allotted prefix for external resolution."
    }
  ]
}