# Persistent Identifiers

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## [What is a Persistent Identifier (PID)?](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/what-is-a-persistent-identifier-pid/396)

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**Author:** [@dieter](https://forum.clarin.eu/u/dieter)\
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**Last updated:** [12 August 2024 12:38 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/what-is-a-persistent-identifier-pid/396 "2024-08-12T12:38:18Z")

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See Persistent Identifiers | CLARIN ERIC

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## [About the Persistent Identifiers category](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/about-the-persistent-identifiers-category/395)

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**Author:** [@dieter](https://forum.clarin.eu/u/dieter)\
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**Last updated:** [12 August 2024 12:35 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/about-the-persistent-identifiers-category/395 "2024-08-12T12:35:53Z")

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FAQs about Persistent Identifiers

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## [How do I resolve a Handle?](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/how-do-i-resolve-a-handle/398)

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**Author:** [@dieter](https://forum.clarin.eu/u/dieter)\
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**Last updated:** [20 October 2025 14:26 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/how-do-i-resolve-a-handle/398 "2025-10-20T14:26:15Z")

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A handle exists of 2 parts: a prefix (e.g. 1839) a suffix (e.g. 00-0000-0000-0009-3C7E-F) The official way of refering to a handle is: hdl: + prefix + / + suffix e.g.: hdl:1839/00-0000-0000-0009-3C7E-F To resolve …

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## [How do I resolve a DOI?](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/how-do-i-resolve-a-doi/399)

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**Author:** [@dieter](https://forum.clarin.eu/u/dieter)\
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**Last updated:** [12 August 2024 14:00 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/how-do-i-resolve-a-doi/399 "2024-08-12T14:00:01Z")

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A DOI exists of 2 parts: a prefix (e.g. 10.5281) a suffix (e.g. zenodo.1639549) The official way of refering to a handle is: doi: + prefix + / + suffix e.g.: doi:10.5281/zenodo.1639549 To resolve such a handle (=m…

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## [Why do we need Persistent Identifiers?](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/why-do-we-need-persistent-identifiers/397)

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**Author:** [@dieter](https://forum.clarin.eu/u/dieter)\
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**Last updated:** [12 August 2024 12:47 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/why-do-we-need-persistent-identifiers/397 "2024-08-12T12:47:43Z")

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We are creating more and more references between resources, resource fragments and services. The creation of these references is very costly and often is essential for the interpretation of a resource. Therefore we need …