The web form below will enable you to resolve individualhandles and view their associated values. It uses a proxy server, whichunderstands both the Handle protocol and HTTP protocol.
If you type a handle into the text box, and that handle has aURL associated with it as one of its values, the proxy server will instructyour browser to display the location of that URL. If you select"Don't Redirect to URLs", the proxy will display the handle record.
The Handle proxy server uses caching to speed handleresolution. If you check "Authoritative Query", the proxy will bypassthe cache, go directly to the responsible handle server, and then refresh thecache with the data for that handle.
Simply appending a handle to the URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/ and giving thestring to a browser as a location will also resolve that handle.The proxy also supports a REST API, returning handle records in JSON format.Further documentation is available here.
Handle Proxy Server Documentation
Handle.net Web Site
Contacthdladmin@cnri.reston.va.us with your handle questions and comments.