Dear all,

I really didn't expect that this question comes up again ;) ..Please regard this message rather to test the new mailing list then to start a new thread on this topic..

- PURLS are no persistent identifiers they are persistent URL this is a big difference (->persistent content/objects !). - Metadata: PURLs can of course redirect to a XML file etc. but is this the object the identifier is assigned to - No! All other technologies we discussed before can resolve to an object _and_ serve metadata. -

Robert

-----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: tdwg-guid-bounces@mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:tdwg-guid-bounces@mailman.nhm.ku.edu]Im Auftrag von Ricardo Scachetti Pereira Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Mai 2006 19:50 An: tdwg-guid@mailman.nhm.ku.edu Betreff: [Tdwg-guid] Why we should not use LSID (from TDWG-TAG mailing list)

Folks,

I wanted to let you know about a discussion regarding the use of 

PURLs as GUIDs that is happening at the TDWG Technical Architecture Group (TAG) mailing list.

I am sending you this message because I believe that the GUID wiki 

and mailing list is the most appropriate forum to discuss the issue.

The thread starts here: 

http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag_lists.tdwg.org/2006-May/0 00135.html

I have also moved the the original pages posted by Gregor Hagedorn 

on the TAG wiki to the GUID wiki. Links are below:

http://wiki.gbif.org/guidwiki/wikka.php?wakka=WhyWeShouldNotUseLSIDs http://wiki.gbif.org/guidwiki/wikka.php?wakka=UsePURLsAsGUIDs

Feel free to contribute to the discussion.

Best regards,

Ricardo

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