Two more resources that may be useful come from the HCLS and Science Commons communities. See http://tinyurl.com/y5tmud and http://tinyurl.com/38fhan.

Interestingly, these resources are not thrilled with LSIDs, nor with the 303 redirect solution to the problem of distinguishing between a thing and an information resource.

I wonder if TDWG should enage with these communities because they are dealing with similar issues -- and are making progress.

Regards

Rod

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