Any organization with responsibility for managing large collections of persistent resources. A hybrid PURL-Handle Resolver will resolve Handles using existing technology without compromising their future format. The Dublin Core is a good foundation for a simple internet resource description record, but there will be others as well. Electronic media is both shorter-lived and more difficult to preserve. Administrative infrastructure and standards do not exist See Home Page for the Task Force for Preservation of Digital Information for further information.
Final report is in press.