I would like to hear from those who suggested this standard was needed, as to the intent of this level of standard (I'm not sure I recall who that was anymore) and from there we should make decisions about how complete they need to be.  I was, naively, thinking that direct string comparisons would be possible, if the standard were clear (at least to the point that one might be part of another or they might overlap, or occur 'next to' each other etc.).
 
Cheers,
Anna


>>> "Donald Hobern" <dhobern@gbif.org> 10-Feb-2006 3:51:31 AM >>>

Anna,

Thanks for this.  The main question I think needs to be clarified is how much flexibility a data provider is to be allowed in completing the human-readable string.  Clearly we do not expect to be able to perform direct string comparisons between two provider’s citations, so are these just recommendations of components that should be included, or is the intention to mandate a particular sequence of elements?  Which ones are considered (at least more or less) mandatory, and which are optional?  I guess we should provide some actual examples of “complete” and “partial” citations and state whether they are regarded as sufficient.

Donald
 
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From: TDWG-Lit-bounces@lists.tdwg.org [mailto:TDWG-Lit-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of Anna Weitzman
Sent: 09 February 2006 16:11
To: TDWG-Lit@lists.tdwg.org
Subject: [Tdwg-lit] Level 1 starting point

 


Dear All,

 

This is the first of several strings that we are sending to the list for consideration and discussion.

 

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Proposed Level 1 Standard

Attached is the basic content we discussed at the TDWG meetings, and which we now need to consider. Could you please consider the contents as set out?

 

Are there elements anything missing?

 

Does it meet the need that you envision for this standard?

 

Do any of you who attended the recent TDWG GUID meeting have anything to bring up related to the LSID/GUID portion?

Thanks,

Anna & Chris