International Library Address (ILA)

International Library Address (ILA) is a permanent address assigned to an online library. ILA is a modern fixed international library address and auto-detects any possible changes in the online library address and auto-adjusts itself to the library new address, or only loads library basic version and its abstracted journals if the library went offline or removed, extending the library and articles life time.

ILA solves old common problems of online libraries with the following advantages:

Accessing Library by ILA:

An ILA is a permanent address to an specific library (example: ILA.zone/23633624786), the library directly can be accessed simply by typing the ILA address in an internet browser. As example, find associated library to this ILA: ILA.zone/23633624786 by internet browser or use following ILA portal:

ILA Syntax Structure:

An ILA consisted of two parts, zone name separated by an slash from 11 digit ILA number: ILA.zone/11 digits. ILA is 22 length including zone name as following example: ILA.zone/23633624786:

According to the International Libraries Registry (ILR) standard, library holder should explicitly display ILA in the described format on online published articles. ILA cannot be any arbitrary number. It is self-verifiable number according to ASI-V3 algorithm. To check the validity of an ILA, an ILA validator portal is used.

ILA VALIDATOR 

  

History of Development of ILA:

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) invented in 1989 in Switzerland. Its drawback is that when URL of a library website changes or goes offline, the reader cannot access the library. The publisher should notify readers/authors about the new library address. International library Address (ILA) was introduced on 2014 by Advanced Science Index (ASI) in Germany as a permanent address of a library fixed during its lifetime and after that by extending its lifetime. The ILA keeps a library basic version and its article abstracts on a separate server. If the library address is changed ILA servers auto-detect it and auto-adjust itself to the new address. The publisher does not need to notify a new library address, as the author can still access the library via the ILA address. In case the library went offline ILA loads only the basic library version and its abstract article temporarily allowing the reader to read and the author still submit paper to the library.