[Tdwg-guid] resolving deleted records [ Scanned for viruses ]
Paul Kirk
p.kirk at cabi.org
Mon Oct 2 16:40:11 CEST 2006
IF does has a circular isRepalcedBy for a small subset of names - e.g.
those which have crept in from specimen labels, those where a generic
names has been used (perhaps in print) with an epithet from a related
genus.
Paul
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Hinchcliffe
Sent: 02 October 2006 15:30
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Subject: Re: [Tdwg-guid] resolving deleted records [ Scanned for viruses
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Yes but some aren't replaced by anything, i.e. if a record was simply
entered in error
I could say isReplacedBy and then put a null ID in but that's a
little subtle ...
Sally
> Sally,
>
> Do you need anything more than dc:isReplacedBy? The presence of this
in
> itself says the record has been suppressed/replaced.
>
> Regards
>
> Rod
>
> On 2 Oct 2006, at 15:12, Sally Hinchcliffe wrote:
>
> > Apologies for cross-posting but I'm trying to get a reasonably quick
> > response ...
> >
> > I'm trying to finalise the IPNI LSID server as far as I can. One of
> > the issues that was raised at the GUIDs workshop was how to handle
> > deleted records. In IPNI we suppress records where they have been
> > duplicated. There are a high number of duplicates in IPNI and as we
> > start identifying true duplicates and linking them, the number of
> > suppressed or deprecated records will rise and the chances of
someone
> > having an id which resolves to a now suppressed record will become
> > quite high
> >
> > What I'd like to do if someone asks for a suppressed record is to
> > return metadata which just indicates the record is suppressed (or
> > deleted) plus if relevant a pointer to the preferred record
> >
> > For the latter we can use <dc:isReplacedBy> which I think is what IF
> > are using
> >
> > For the former - I couldn't find any really obvious existing tag in
> > use out there. What are other people using? Or do you have any
> > suggestions or examples of deleted records?
> >
> > Sally
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