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Has anyone used ArchivesSpace to generate ARKs? <span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">
I've read that it can be important to use prefixes to comply with ARK rules.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"> Do we configure this prefix ourselves</span>,
 or is the key entirely assigned by ArchivesSpace?</div>
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Apologies if my question isn't clear! I am new to this topic and will be happy to re-word it for clarity if necessary.</div>
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