nanopub.org not working

[nicola883]

Hi.
It seems that the website nanopub.org is not reachable:
http://nanopub.org/
I think that it is an essential resource for nanopublications.
Is it still being maintained?
Is there someone that can fix it?
Thank you!

[raar1]

Hi @nicola883! Thanks for reporting this. That site is indeed still being maintained, and my understanding is that @tkuhn is looking into this now. That site was mostly just information about nanopublications and how they are used. You can see the contents on a temporary version at https://nanopub.net/ , but hopefully the nanopub.org links start working again soon.

In any case, the actual nanopub servers (i.e. that store/retrieve nanopubs) appear to still be up (see e.g. http://server.nanopubs.lod.labs.vu.nl/ )

[tkuhn]

Yes, it's a known issue. I have been trying to figure out who exactly owns the domain, which has been more difficult to find out than expected. I hope we get to the bottom of this soon, and in the meantime, nanopub.net has all the info (and more) that the nanopub.org had before it went down.

[dennisvang]

Unfortunately, it appears that https://nanopub.org is still down (or again, perhaps).
Is nanopub.net the new nanopub.org?

[tkuhn]

Yes, nanopub.net is the new nanopub.org. At least until the person who owns nanopub.org resurfaces...

[dennisvang]

@tkuhn Thanks for the confirmation.

Is there a reason the documentation links have not been updated accordingly?

[tkuhn]

Which documentation links are you refering to?

[dennisvang]

@tkuhn Initially I was thinking of the ones below:

https://github.com/fair-workflows/nanopub/blob/2072905fe79b779d04e799c29344a54cc14b8d9b/docs/getting-started/what-are-nanopubs.md?plain=1#L7-L10

However, there's more, see e.g. a quick search for nanopub.org

For example, I wonder, isn't it problematic if you don't control the namespace domain?