Research Issues

• Repository in a Box
  • Everything required for a site to setup a repository and get connected to the NHSE
    • publishing tools
    • ftp, http, gopher, email servers
    • logging and statistical tools
    • integration with replication service
    • guidence and support

• LIFN
  • assigned to a particular sequence of bytes,
  • once the assignment has been made, the same LIFN cannot subseq uently be used to name any other sequence of bytes.

• Indexing and Searching
  • Currently very ad hoc
  • Harvest system provides a set of customizable tools