PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS:WHAT IF?

14/19 – Reliable

"The reliability of PID systems should be certified by institutions by means of redundant technology and register updates (preferably automatic)."
Reliable
For a PIDs system to function reliably these issues have to be assessed:

1. It should always be active (e.g. backed up, with redundant technology)
2. The register of PIDs should be updated (preferably automatically)

Therefore:
Organisations should evaluate and be assured of the technical reliability of a PID system (including their own) before adopting it. Persistent Identifiers (PIDs): recommendations for institutions (PDF) by Gordon McKenna and Roxanne Wyns.