[Tdwg-guid] Trustworthiness of digital archives, Was: Demise of Phyloinformatics journal

[Robert Huber]

Dear all,

some months ago we discussed about the demise of the phyloinformatics
journal and the topics persitance and of course trustworthiness of 
identifiers. 
I thought the following link might be of interest in this context.
Its about certifying the trustworthiness of digital archives, very 
interesting..

best regards,
Robert

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: tdwg-guid-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> [mailto:tdwg-guid-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu]Im Auftrag von Roderic Page
> Gesendet: Freitag, 24. November 2006 14:37
> An: 'Taxacom'; evoldir at evol.biology.mcmaster.ca;
> tdwg-guid at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Cc: Dennis DeGreve
> Betreff: [Tdwg-guid] Demise of Phyloinformatics journal
> 
> 
> The Open Access web-only journal "Phyloinformatics" seems to have  
> disappeared, with the Internet address http://www.phyloinformatics.org  
> now up for sale. This means the articles have just disappeared!
> 
> There weren't many papers published, but some were interesting and have  
> been cited in the mainstream literature.
> 
> This also illustrates the problems with linking to digital resources  
> using URLs, as opposed to identifiers such as DOIs. With the loss of  
> the domain name, this journal has effectively died.
> 
> A sobering lesson...
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rod
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