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a 443KB generic MIT site 404 page is\n  the final body.\n- `GET https://hdl.handle.net/api/handles/1721.1/7922` (the same generic `api/handles`\n  path doi.org exposes, confirming it's shared Handle System software, not a\n  DOI-specific feature) → HTTP 200,\n  `{\"responseCode\":1,\"handle\":\"1721.1/7922\",\"values\":[{\"index\":100,\"type\":\"URL\",\n  \"data\":{\"format\":\"string\",\"value\":\"https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7922\"},\n  \"permissions\":\"1010\",\"ttl\":100,...}]}` — same `responseCode` convention as DOI\n  Handle API (see `doi-handle-api-responsecode`), confirming it's the identical\n  underlying protocol.\n- `GET https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/doesnotexist999999` (known prefix, fabricated\n  suffix) → **HTTP 500**, `Content-Type` HTML, body: `<title>System Error</title>...\n  <!-- No status message was provided by the namespace--><h3>Erro[r]...` — a raw,\n  undecorated error page, **not** JSON, **not** a 404.\n- For direct comparison, `doi.org/api/handles/10.1038/doesnotexist999xyz` (same\n  shape of probe — known prefix, fabricated suffix, DOI side) returns **HTTP 404**,\n  clean JSON: `{\"responseCode\":100,\"handle\":\"10.1038\\/doesnotexist999xyz\"}` (see the\n  companion `doi-handle-api-responsecode` source for the full doi.org behavior).\n\n## Takeaway\n\nSame underlying Handle System, same `responseCode` convention on a hit — but on an\nunregistered suffix under a registered prefix, **doi.org gives a clean 404 + JSON**,\nwhile the generic `hdl.handle.net` proxy gives a raw **HTTP 500** \"System Error\" page\nwith \"no status message was provided by the namespace.\" doi.org evidently layers its\nown, better error handling on top of the shared Handle infrastructure; 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