contentid: An Interface for Content-Based Identifiers

An interface for creating, registering, and resolving content-based identifiers for data management. Content-based identifiers rely on the 'cryptographic' hashes to refer to the files they identify, thus, anyone possessing the file can compute the identifier using a well-known standard algorithm, such as 'SHA256'. By registering a URL at which the content is accessible to a public archive, such as <https://hash-archive.org>, the content identifier can serve many functions typically associated with A Digital Object Identifier ('DOI'). Unlike location-based identifiers like 'DOIs', content-based identifiers permit the same content to be registered in many locations.

Version:	0.0.8
Depends:	R (≥ 2.10)
Imports:	openssl (≥ 1.4.2), httr, rappdirs, curl, fs, methods
Suggests:	knitr, rmarkdown, testthat, covr, thor, vroom, spelling
Published:	2020-09-25
Author:	Carl Boettiger [aut, cre], Jorrit Poelen [aut], NSF OAC 1839201 [fnd] (https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1839201)
Maintainer:	Carl Boettiger <cboettig at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/cboettig/contentid/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://github.com/cboettig/contentid
NeedsCompilation:	no
Language:	en-US
Materials:	README NEWS
CRAN checks:	contentid results

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