How is the name component of a PURL assigned?
As the creator of a PURL, you assign the name component of the PURL. Names can be fairly arbitrary (see examples, above). For example, the name oclc/rsch/metadataII can be read as “the resource metadataII in the subdomain rsch in the top-level domain oclc.” As registered user, you can create a name provided: • The top-level domain of the name exists. Top-level domains cannot be created automatically – they require a request for manual intervention performed by the resolver’s administrator. • You are a registered user with write access to the top-level domain used in the name. • Either you have write access to the last subdomain in the name or all the subdomains in the name do not exist (in which case they are created automatically). • The name does not already exist.
