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A Persistent Identifier (PID) is a unique identification code attached to a digital object and registered at an agreed location. It is guaranteed to remain functional even if an organisation's web address changes. Using a PID, you can ensure that a link to a digital object (a scan, audiovisual file, metadata record etc.) keeps working, even when the object's location or web address has changed... There are multiple PID systems. But which system is most suited to your situation: Archival Resource Keys (ARKs), Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), Handle, OpenURL, Persistent Uniform Resource Locators (PURLs) or Uniform Resource Names (URNs)? Each system has its own particular properties, strengths and weaknesses. The PID Guide from the Digital Heritage Network's Persistent Identifier project helps you learn and think about important PID subjects, and guides your first steps towards selecting a PID system... The PID Guide application guides you through 25 statements, helps you learn and..