[This is a summary of an idea discussed on the Taxacom mailing list; it
has also been posted on the microformats wiki:
<http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-tag-feedback#UIDs>]
Many links on the TDWG's LSID resolver, for instance those on:
<http://lsid.tdwg.org/summary/urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:11815>
are marked up thus
<a href="/summary/urn:lsid:ubio.org:classificationbank:1909656">
urn:lsid:ubio.org:classificationbank:1909656
</a>
If TDWG would simply add rel="tag" to all such links, thus:
<a rel="tag" href="...
then all their pages would be "tagged" with the relevant LSIDs (i.e.
everything to the right of the final slash), using the "rel-tag"
microformat:
<http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-tag>
and then people could use those tags to find the equivalent tag on pages
about (in blogs, for example) or pictures of (on, say Flickr) the
organism concerned, thereby adding discoverability, without reducing or
changing any of the current uses of LSIDs.
--
Andy Mabbett
* Are you using Microformats, yet: <http://microformats.org/> ?
Dear all,
apologies for cross-posting.
EDIT will hold a workshop on IPR and web publication to be held 20th
Feb 2008 in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The topics will include
both building content and the development of credit-metrics for
contributors.
Details can be found at
http://www.editwebrevisions.info/content/ipr-and-web
A booking form is accessible from the site.
The morning symposium is open to all. The afternoon workshop
sessions will be limited to 12 people per workshop. Participation in
the workshops will basically be first-come-first-served, but we will
seek to balance attendance between institutions.
Travel funds for this meeting has already been distributed to partner
Institutions as part of the first funding tranche. No further
funding is available from EDIT. There is no registration fee.
Cheers, Dave
--
Dr D.McL. Roberts, Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5086
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy Project,
Ccordinator WorkPackage 6 (Unifying Revisionary Taxonomy),
Dept. Zoology,
The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road,
London SW7 5BD
Great Britain Email: dmr(a)nomencurator.org
Web page: http://www.editwebrevisions.info/
Web page: http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/
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In general, it is easier to get forgiveness than to get permission.
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