The SourceForge site (http://lsid.sourceforge.net/ ) does contain quite a bit of background on the project, and some examples of how to implement clients and servers.

At least some of the code is in production use. The web resolver provided by Biopathways.org (http://lsid.biopathways.org/resolver/ ) uses IBM's Perl code. The LTER LSID authority (http://lsid.limnology.wisc.edu/ ) builds on IBM's Java code. I'm assuming that BioMoby and Taverna are built on IBM's code. I also use LSIDs in my Taxonomic Search Engine.

One can also gauge activity from browsing the CVS repository at SourceForge (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/lsid/ ). Most commits happened two years ago, but there are more recent commits (e.g., 7 days ago). This suggests IBM is still doing some work on it.

Lastly, LSIDs are mentioned in a recent article on the Semantic Web and life sciences (http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/stke.2832005pe22).

Regards

Rod

On 27 Sep 2005, at 09:44, Robert Huber wrote:

Dear all,   I wonder a bit about the status of LSID. Some links lead to a sourcefourge site, but there is little or no information there. Some googling brougt me to a former IBM site and to some projects (these are also at the WIKI) which seem to promote and/or use LSIDs.   I am now a bit confused and would like to know how you judge the current status of the LSID system? Did it ever reach production status, is it still maintained and did this system ever leave the project status?   best regards,

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