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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We just discovered something unexpected when creating Digital Object Instances, which is that when a DO Instance is constructed
<i>without</i> a thumbnail URL--i.e. the DO Instance just has a single file version and it’s the link to the actual thing—ArchivesSpace adds a “?” to the end of that URL when a user clicks on it in the public interface. For instance, if the File URI is “http://www.cnn.com”,
then clicking this link in the PUI will take you to “http://www.cnn.com/?” . <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The CNN website still works with that question mark, but when we use an ARK to link to a record in our digital repository,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“https://n2t.net/ark:/81985/n2dr2rt09”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">becomes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“https://n2t.net/ark:/81985/n2dr2rt09?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">…which is an entirely separate page.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is this a bug, or is this supposed to be happening? If it’s a bug I can submit a ticket. We’re on version 2.8.1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--Benn <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Benn Joseph
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">(he/him/his)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Head, Collections Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">McCormick Library of Special Collections & University Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Northwestern University Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4E2A84">Northwestern University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="www.library.northwestern.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">www.library.northwestern.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:benn.joseph@northwestern.edu%0d"><span style="color:windowtext">benn.joseph@northwestern.edu</span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">847.467.6581</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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