Intern:PanDOI

is a Handle URI Resolver. It works as Windows Desktop Gadget on Windows Vista and higher or as a Widget for the Mac OS X Dashboard. PanDOI resolves persistent identifiers like Digital Object Identifier (DOI), Handel (hdl), Uniform Resource Name (URN), and sRef IDs. It is possible to open a PANGAEA dataset by its ID, to show the latest PANGAEA datasets, and to search through PANGAEA.

Find the recent version of PanDOI at 

Developer and contact [mailto:rsieger@pangaea.de Rainer Sieger]. The software is provided as freeware without warranty by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

Installation
Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later is required. If you're using Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, Show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it. If you're using a browser other than Safari, click the download link. When the widget download is complete, unarchive it and place it in /Library/Widgets/ in your home folder. Show Dashboard, click the Plus sign to display the Widget Bar and click the widget's icon in the Widget Bar to open it.

Windows Vista and higher: Double click on PanDOI.gadget and follow the instructions. After installation the sidebar gadget will be shown on the desktop. In Windows Vista®, gadgets are normally hosted in the Sidebar. In Windows 7, there is no Sidebar, so gadgets can be moved freely to any location on the desktop that the user chooses. By default, they are snapped into place along the screen edge to keep them organized.

Examples



 * doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2006.05.014 - http://dx.doi.org will be used as DOI-Resolver
 * doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.738280 - http://doi.pangaea.de will be used as DOI-Resolver
 * hdl:10013/epic.10286.d001 - http://hdl.handle.net will be used as hdl-Resolver
 * urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-ep000103140 - http://nbn-resolving.de will be used as URN-Resolver
 * sref:1607-7962/gra/EGU2008-A-04296 - http://direct.sref.org will be used as sRef-Resolver
 * 706911 - will be expanded to
 * l or latest - shows the latest datasets
 * l bsrn or latest bsrn - shows the latest BSRN datasets
 * Globigerina bulloides - search PANGAEA for Globigerina bulloides

Links

 * Download the PanDOI widget for Mac OS X
 * Download the PanDOI gadget for Windows
 * The source code
 * Windows Desktop Gadget
 * PanDOI at the Windows Live Gallery