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No, a server can choose to return the document directly. The OCLC PURL Service uses redirection to reduce the load on the PURL resolver. Indirection, not redirection, is the key. Even if the PURL server returns the document from its own storage, the PURL of the document does not necessarily correspond to its actual location.
