In fungi we have MycoBank and citing MB510023 (for Quambalaria coyrecup T. Paap 2008, for humans to read) and having a true GUID (not yet implemented) or LSID (implemented: http://lsid.tdwg.org/urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:510023) 'underneath' is closer to the GenBank model which everyone accepts.
Paul
-----Original Message----- From: tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org [mailto:tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of Gregor Hagedorn Sent: 23 March 2009 13:16 To: Roger Hyam Cc: Garry.Jolley-Rogers@csiro.au; Kevin Richards; Technical Architecture Group mailing list Subject: Re: [tdwg-tag] SourceForge LSID project websites broken - role forTDWG?
I agree with Roger about the technical side. LSIDs are largely for insiders with good IT support, preferably building their software themselves. In a way, there is a social business model associated with LSIDs: keep it a small and thus perhaps better manageable community. However this comes at the cost of excluding many initiatives, especially those relying on unmodified or only slightly modified standard software.
From biologists-social standpoint I would argue that:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8BDC0735-FEA4-4298-83FA-D04F67C3FBEC
is far harder than this:
http://purl.zoobank.org/8BDC0735-FEA4-4298-83FA-D04F67C3FBEC
which, socially, and for people who might want to cite identifiers in paper or PDF form, is harder than this:
http://persistent-id.zoobank.org/8BDC0735-FEA4-4298-83FA-D04F67C3FBEC or
http://persistent-identifier.zoobank.org/8BDC0735-FEA4-4298-83FA-D04F67C 3FBEC
I just try argue to speak to the communities outside of the inner technological circle, rather than saving a few characters.
These people may also be the managers, making it clear that this class of URLs need to be managed over longer time periods.
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