What is resolution and why is it important?
The process in which an identifier is the input (a request) to a network service to receive in return a specific output of one or more pieces of current information (state data) related to the identified entity: e.g. a location (such as URL) where the object can be found. A name (or unique identifier) for a digital object enables that name to be resolved to one (or many) of several different pieces of data which may be associated with the digital object. Such pieces of data can be locations of the object, or services about the object, or any other defined piece of data. Resolution enables a single name (the identifier, DOI name) to be used persistently to manage the object, even if any of those pieces of data (like location) change. Resolution therefore (a) enables persistence and (b) enables multiple services to be directly associated with the DOI name.
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- Who is entitled to commence an administrative proceeding under the CNNIC Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (CNDRP) and its related Rules of Procedure?
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- Who are the approved dispute resolution service providers?
