SUNScholar/Guidelines/Step 2/PURL

'''BACK TO STEP 2

Persistent URL (PURL)
''' The marketing friendly, (vanity url), persistent URL is vital for electronic citation persistence on the web in the long term and for repository marketing/branding.  TRY TO ENSURE THAT THE NAME WILL NEVER CHANGE'''


 * Ensure that the URL is clean with no forward slash redirects or port numbers. See links below.
 * 1) Good Web URL Tips
 * 2) Listen on port 80 and 443
 * 3) Configure the default UI

A Brief History of the Domain Name Domain Names Explained Website Metrics Open Citation Systems
 * Further Reading


 * Good Examples
 * http://scholar.sun.ac.za
 * http://digital.lib.sun.ac.za
 * http://open.uct.ac.za


 * Bad Examples
 * http://uctscholar.uct.ac.za - Double use of UCT is very confusing for marketing.
 * http://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace - Uses a forward slash URL something and very long hostname (researchspace) which is bad for advocacy.
 * http://digitalknowledge.cput.ac.za/xmlui - Uses a forward slash URL something and very long hostname (digitalknowledge) which is bad for advocacy.

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/Networking
 * Networking Help