An interface for creating, registering, and resolving content-based identifiers for data management. Content-based identifiers rely on the cryptographic hashes to refer to the files they identify, thus, anyone possessing the file can compute the identifier using a well-known standard algorithm, such as SHA256'. By registering a URL at which the content is accessible to a public archive (such as Hash Archive) or depositing data in a scientific repository such Zenodo', DataONE or SoftwareHeritage', the content identifier can serve many functions typically associated with A Digital Object Identifier ('DOI'). Unlike location-based identifiers like DOIs', content-based identifiers permit the same content to be registered in many locations.