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ncbibook
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Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in NCBI Bookshelf should match this regular expression:
^NBK\d+$

Example Local Unique Identifier
NBK331   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from NCBI Bookshelf should match this regular expression:
^ncbibook:NBK\d+$

Example CURIE
ncbibook:NBK331
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Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier NBK331 is used to demonstrate the providers available for NCBI Bookshelf. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Name Metaprefix URI
NCBI Bookshelf ncbibook https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK331
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/ncbibook:NBK331