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Welcome to the web site of the Handle Net Registry
(HNR), run by Corporation for National Research
Initiatives (CNRI): CNRI is a Multi-Primary_Administrator
(MPA) of the Global Handle Registry (GHR) , authorized
by the DONA Foundation to allot prefixes to users of the
Handle System: The DONA Foundation is a non-profit
organization based in Geneva that has taken over
responsibility for the evolution of CNRIs Digital Object
(DO) Architecture including outreach around the world:
One of the Foundation's responsibilities is to administer
and maintain the overall operation of the GHR, a task
that was previously performed by CNRI:
The Handle.Net Registry will allot prefixes of the form
"20.500" followed by four or more digits (i.e.
20.500.1234). Users who are allotted a prefix from the
HNR will have their associated prefix handle records
registered with the HNR to enable HDLNET resolution
services for their identifiers. Please click here to request
CNRI to allot a prefix or renew a previously allotted
prefix
A new version of the Handle Net software; refered to
as HN
v9, is now available for download: Version 9
includes many improvements, features and tools
that were unavailable in previous versions of the
software, as described in the Release _Notes: Of
particular note is a significant improvement in
performance when Java 9 or later is used to run the
software. Older versions of the HN software will
continue to work; but users relying on those
versions are encouraged to upgrade to HN
v9 to