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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">We are pleased to announce the formation of the<span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="https://arks.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://arks.org&source=gmail&ust=1622734717197000&usg=AFQjCNHEyAZXLvXqXFnOpnKEb7jMG-TUyQ" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ARK
Alliance</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">, an open global community supporting Archival Resource Keys (ARKs).</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">The ARK Alliance succeeds the<span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="http://arksintheopen.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://arksintheopen.org&source=gmail&ust=1622734717197000&usg=AFQjCNESycPWkFlG61L7c3DGpGmqslbruA" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ARKs-in-the-Open
initiative</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">, begun in 2018. We invite you to visit us at our<span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="https://arks.org/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://arks.org&source=gmail&ust=1622734717197000&usg=AFQjCNHEyAZXLvXqXFnOpnKEb7jMG-TUyQ" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">new
website</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">, which contains guidance on how to get started with ARKs, resources, news, the community, and links to email forums for users in English and French.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ARK users can receive news and updates from the ARK community by subscribing to the<span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="http://eepurl.com/hnpLi5" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://eepurl.com/hnpLi5&source=gmail&ust=1622734717197000&usg=AFQjCNFiG1J6THG9Yx6YZqkYThuzp9POiw" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ARK
Alliance newsletter</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px"><span> </span>and following the<span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/arks_org" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/arks_org&source=gmail&ust=1622734717197000&usg=AFQjCNG-V1GVkY0bbZZzFAhA79VBHOFXEA" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ARK
Alliance on Twitter</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">The ARK Alliance has three working groups and welcomes your participation, which can take many forms. Please visit the<span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color:black"><a href="https://arks.org/community/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://arks.org/community/&source=gmail&ust=1622734717197000&usg=AFQjCNEWQdPMCtSn8YD68Pp37Fn7wgg9RA" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">community</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px"><span> </span>page
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">About ARKs:</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ARKs are used as ˇ§persistent identifiersˇ¨, which are stable, trusted references (names) for information objects. Among other things, they aim to be web addresses (URLs) that donˇ¦t return 404 Page
Not Found errors.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ARKs are similar to DOIs, URNs, and Handles. All of them</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">were introduced over
20 years ago,</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">exist in large numbers
(8.2 billion ARKs, 240 million DOIs, etc.),</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">start with a string
to identify the name assigning authority,</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">require the active updating
of URL redirects, and</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">support research and
scholarship, appearing in the Data Citation Index, Wikipedia, ORCiD.org profiles, etc.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">In contrast, ARKs are cheaper, more flexible, and less centralized, letting you</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">create unlimited identifiers
without paying for the right to do so,</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">add any kind of metadata,
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">append extensions and
query strings during resolution,</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">link directly to an
article, image, or spreadsheet that is immediately usable by people and software without making them first stop at a landing page, and</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">ˇ´<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">make millions of ARKs
resolvable by managing just one ARK, via a mechanism called suffix passthrough.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">Who uses ARKs:</span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">End users, especially researchers, rely on ARKs for long term access to the global scientific and cultural record, where by design they identify anything digital, physical, or abstract.</span></p>
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<div style="text-align:center">Some things that have ARKs ˇX an article, violin, genealogy, painting, book, sports photo, and plant specimen ˇX assigned by</div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333px">Over 770 organizations are registered to create ARKs, including libraries, data centers, archives, museums, publishers, government agencies, and vendors. Additional organizations are signing on
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