{
  "id": "ark",
  "name": "Archival Resource Key (ARK)",
  "status": "draft",
  "doc": "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": [
    {
      "id": "objectids",
      "name": "Objects identifiers"
    }
  ],
  "langs": [
    {
      "id": "common",
      "name": "Common to most languages"
    }
  ],
  "is_pii": false,
  "classification": "identifier",
  "regexp": "^(?:https?://[A-Za-z0-9.-]+/)?ark:/?[0-9bcdfghjkmnpqrstvwxz]+/\\S+$",
  "examples": [
    {
      "value": "ark:/12148/cb11865278m",
      "description": "Bibliothèque nationale de France authority record for Paris"
    },
    {
      "value": "ark:12148/cb11865278m",
      "description": "The same ARK without the slash after ark:"
    },
    {
      "value": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11865278m",
      "description": "The same ARK with a resolver host"
    },
    {
      "value": "ark:/12148",
      "valid": false,
      "description": "The name part is missing"
    }
  ],
  "mappings": {
    "wikidata": "P8054",
    "bioregistry": "ark"
  },
  "links": [
    {
      "type": "wikipedia",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archival_Resource_Key"
    },
    {
      "type": "wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8054"
    },
    {
      "type": "doc",
      "url": "https://arks.org/"
    }
  ],
  "type": "datatype",
  "wikidata_property": "P8054",
  "translations": {}
}