[Tdwg-guid] resolving deleted records

[Roderic Page]

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
> *** Sally Hinchcliffe
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