SUNScholar/Clean URL

Introduction

The use of a "clean URL" for your web site is generally regarded as best practice, however a DSpace installation without some special tweaking does not deliver a "clean URL".

What is a "clean URL"?

The following are clean URL's;

1. http://scholar.sun.ac.za
2. http://open.uct.ac.za
3. http://repository.up.ac.za
4. http://repository.hsrc.ac.za
5. http://repository.uwc.ac.za

In other words the URL does not contain a port number, such as 8080 in it's URL. In addition the URL does not contain a forward slash identifier for the web interface to be used, for example /xmlui or /jspui.

What is a memorable URL?

The following are memorable (easy to remember) URL's;

1. http://www.google.com
2. http://facebook.com
3. http://scholar.sun.ac.za

A memorable URL therefore, is one that is SHORT, does not have repeating elements in the URL and directly relates to the purpose of the web site and does not promote the software product used to build the web site.