Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ID ark
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
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Persistent identifier for digital, physical or abstract objects, used by libraries, archives, publishers and research institutions. The core is ark:<NAAN>/<name>, where the Name Assigning Authority Number (NAAN) identifies the organization that named the object. Older ARKs write ark:/<NAAN>/<name>. An ARK can be prefixed with the host of a resolver, such as n2t.net or the host of the institution that serves the object. The NAAN registry is kept by the ARK Alliance.
- Categories
- Objects identifiers
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Bioregistry
ark- Wikidata
- P8054
- Quality
- 85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^(?:https?://[A-Za-z0-9.-]+/)?ark:/?[0-9bcdfghjkmnpqrstvwxz]+/\S+$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| ark:/12148/cb11865278m | Bibliothèque nationale de France authority record for Paris |
| ark:12148/cb11865278m | The same ARK without the slash after ark: |
| https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11865278m | The same ARK with a resolver host |
| ark:/12148 invalid | The name part is missing |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archival_Resource_Key
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8054
- doc: https://arks.org/
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ark - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/objectids/ark.yamlon GitHub