Task 9: LSID Resolver Namespaces (or should it be Authority Identifications)

Donald Hobern dhobern at GBIF.ORG
Sun Feb 26 21:00:26 CET 2006


Thanks, Kevin.

I agree that this is very sensible, and I'll update the description on the
wiki accordingly

Donald

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From: Taxonomic Databases Working Group GUID Project
[mailto:TDWG-GUID at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU] On Behalf Of Kevin Richards
Sent: 26 February 2006 20:56
To: TDWG-GUID at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
Subject: Re: Task 9: LSID Resolver Namespaces (or should it be Authority
Identifications)



I believe this topic should cover both LSID namespaces and authority names.
These are very related topics and the best practices for one greatly
influences the best practices for the other, ie if you decide that it is
best that authority names use sub-domains to a specific level, eg
names.indexfungorum.org (not the best example I know but it illustrates the
point), then less namespacing is required for the "namespace" part of the
LSID.  (All this assumes opacity - I see it as just "reccommendations" on
how to divide your namespacing over the authority name and namespace parts
of the LSID).



Kevin

>>> ricardo at TDWG.ORG 25/02/2006 6:11 a.m. >>>

Donald Hobern wrote:

> *_9. LSID Resolver Namespaces_**
> (http://wiki.gbif.org/guidwiki/wikka.php?wakka=LSIDResolverNamespaces) *
>
>
>
> This is a starting-point for discussion of best practices in using DNS
> entries for LSID resolution services.
>
    Donald, I believe that the definition of this task and its name do
not match. I think it is a terminology problem. The part of the LSID
that is related to DNS is the *authority identification*. The
*namespace* isn't related to DNS. here's the LSID syntax to illustrate:
urn:lsid:authority_identification:namespace:identifier:revision.

    So, this group will discuss authority ids or namespaces (or both)?
Which should we fix, the page name or the description?

    I think I have already mixed this up in a previous post to Kevin
Richards. Sorry about that.

    Regards,

Ricardo

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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Task 9: LSID =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font =
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believe this
topic should cover both LSID&nbsp;namespaces and authority names.&nbsp; =
These
are very related topics and the best practices for one greatly =
influences the
best practices for the other, ie if you decide that it is best
that&nbsp;authority names use sub-domains to a specific level, eg
names.indexfungorum.org (not the best example I know but it illustrates =
the
point), then less namespacing is required for the &quot;namespace&quot; =
part of
the LSID.&nbsp; (All this assumes opacity - I see it as just
&quot;reccommendations&quot; on how to divide your namespacing over the
authority name and namespace parts of the =
LSID).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font =
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color:black'>Donald Hobern wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; *_9. LSID Resolver Namespaces_**<br>
&gt; (<a
href=3D"http://wiki.gbif.org/guidwiki/wikka.php?wakka=3DLSIDResolverNames=
paces)">http://wiki.gbif.org/guidwiki/wikka.php?wakka=3DLSIDResolverNames=
paces)</a>
*<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; This is a starting-point for discussion of best practices in using =
DNS<br>
&gt; entries for LSID resolution services.<br>
&gt;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Donald, I believe that the definition of this task =
and its
name do<br>
not match. I think it is a terminology problem. The part of the LSID<br>
that is related to DNS is the *authority identification*. The<br>
*namespace* isn't related to DNS. here's the LSID syntax to =
illustrate:<br>
urn:lsid:authority_identification:namespace:identifier:revision.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So, this group will discuss authority ids or =
namespaces (or
both)?<br>
Which should we fix, the page name or the description?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I think I have already mixed this up in a previous =
post to
Kevin<br>
Richards. Sorry about that.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regards,<br>
<br>
Ricardo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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