A Registration Agency (RA) can run the Local Handle Service(s) responsible for the DOI names of their registrants. This may the best choice for an RA who:
•wish to have immediate control of business-critical infrastructure components such as DOI registration
•plan to implement high performance standards for administration and resolution by choosing levels of performance appropriate to their application
In this case, the DOI technical support service provider will run a mirror service of this LHS so that they have a copy of the DOI name database managed by the RA. The DOI Foundation requires that RAs be responsible for modification of the configuration of their Handle servers to allow a secondary server installation at the DOI technical support service provider. In the illustration below, if the RA who was allocated the prefix 10.550 wants to run their own LHS, then the technical support service provider would run one of the mirror LHSs.
NOTE Choosing the option of running their own LHS will require more technical expertise on the part of the RA. If an RA is interested in running a DOI LHS it is wise to schedule a technical overview meeting with the staff of the DOI technical support service provider. To set this up or to answer any questions please send email to the DOI technical support service provider at doi-admin@doi.org.