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Terminology Description PHP
Persistent identifier

A persistent identifier is a code that identifies a digital resource (document, object or
bibliographic record) without any ambiguity and that can be cited for information retrieval
in the long term. Even if the resource moves within the information system, the persistent
identifier still remains the same thanks to a resolver system making a permanent
correspondence between the identifier publicly known and the physical current address in
the system. [http://www.ifla.org/VI/4/news/ipnn40.pdf]
PREMIS

Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies
Published

Published means produced to be generally available in multiple copies or locations to-
                      (a)      any member of the public, whether through purchase, hire, loan, subscription, licence or free distribution; or
                      (b)      the members of an association or a society, the membership of which is open to any qualifying member of the public;
 
Publisher

Publisher means the person who or body, whether public or private, which-
                     (a)      publishes and distributes a document;
                     (b)      authorises and accepts the financial risk of the production, whether by that person or body or by another, of a document which is intended to be generally available;
                     (c)      imports a document produced abroad for a South African publisher or a document specially adapted for the South African market to make it generally available;