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Peter DeVries wrote:
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that was used to generate the UUID. Until some other useful linked<br>
information is added to the RDF, there doesn't seem to be much advantage<br>
in pointing a semantic client to the URI over just using a string<br>
literal for the name.<br>
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<div>Yes, this is one reason this part of the GNI is still
experimental, but the idea is that these can be further developed to
expose RDF that</div>
<div>1) Indicates what contributing databases contain that namestring</div>
<div>2) Links to the resolution group which contains all the
variations of that name string (It might make the most sense to have
the linkto's there)</div>
<div>3) These will then be tied to various types of TaxonConcepts,
TNU's etc.</div>
<div>I can't speak for the GNI or GNA but my understanding is that
the initial goal is to get all the names used into one very large
repository.</div>
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Good luck, I'll stay tuned. But I stick with my assessment of "not
currently ready for prime time".<br>
Steve<br>
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