Hi everyone,
I am in the process of putting together the LSID service component of Zoobank.org, after a few initial hiccups and difficulties I have a basic service up and running in the development environment.
Now I have arrived at the contentious issue of what data/metadata to return and in which flavour.
I have a few questions...
1. What format should I return the metadata response in? From discussions with Roger it seems appropriate to go with RDF/TCS for the metadata reponse. Would this be a good way to go, and does anyone have any static examples of such a response?
2. If a Data service were implemented, should the response simply be the LSID or the taxon name as we don't currently hold any holotype photos etc.
2. Is there any standard scheme for LSID discovery? i.e. Would it be a good/bad idea to extend the LSID service to allow machine queries of LSIDs by taxon name rather than discovering them through the web interface?
Any comments and suggestions are very welcome!
Regards, Peter.
Peter Hollas MSc BSc(hons) (Peter.Hollas@thomson.com) Software Engineer / Systems Administrator Thomson Zoological Innovation Centre York Science Park Heslington York YO10 5DG
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