[tdwg-tag] GUID Persistence as Zen kōan

[Roger Hyam]

Hi Robert,

I would rather have a GUID that resolves than one with a certificate.  
Tools like Rod's bioGUID status page are the way to go

http://bioguid.info/status/

More of a consumer watchdog than regulator.  It may transpire that  
such a service becomes so accepted it has the authority to 'bless'  
data suppliers but I believe that to be a long way off.

What I imagine would happen with a regulation is big organisations  
would throw resources at getting the certificate whilst small  
organisations and one-man-bands would actually provide as good or  
better services but not have certificates.

All the best,

Roger

On 24 Apr 2009, at 10:05, Robert Huber wrote:

> Roger,
>
> I think we should start think how to improve the situation. In my
> opinion the situation could significantly improved if there would be
> some audit method, thus certificate for trustworthy GUIDs. There are
> several initiatives working on audit methods for long term archives
> why not adopting such a procedure for LSID authorities?
> I have posted some ideas in my blog here:
> http://stratigraphynet.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-trust-persitence-of-guids.html
>
> best regards,
> Robert
>
>
> 2009/4/23 Roger Hyam <rogerhyam at mac.com>:
>>
>> For those of you who can take any more of it I have posted my  
>> thoughts
>> on persistence of GUIDs to my blog.
>>
>> http://www.hyam.net/blog/archives/346
>>
>> If you don't have the time or patience to read it the summary is:
>>
>> GUID Persistence == diddly squat
>>
>> Your comments are welcome.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
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