THL is in the process of establishing permanent IDs for each resource – texts, images, audio-video, projects, and so forth. Once completed, every page of THL will have a THL ID search box in which you may enter a known ID number to deliver you straight to the resource in question. Also, each resource has a URL consisting of www.thlib.org plus the resource’s THL ID (see below for a detailed description).
THL ID is currently implemented on a preliminary basis for essays published within the Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (www.jiats.org). Each article has a simple alpha-numeric ID that begins with the letter “T” and then continues with a number. These T numbers (“T” stands simply for “text”) begin from “1” and continue indefinitely. There is no logic to the numbers given; they are merely a product of when the resource in question was cataloged or produced. Thus, the format for a given text ID is: T45, T55, etc. (note: there is no space between T and the number). In addition, these IDs can be added as search parameters to the URL www.thlib.org to create a short URL for that specific resource. The format of the search parameter is "?tid=" plus the THL ID number. ("tid" stands for THL ID.) For example, the URL for a text with THL ID 1215 would be www.thlib.org?tid=T1215.