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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/25/15 11:12 AM, Ellen Paul wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">"so anyone who maintains a database
like this should be able to add DOI numbers just as easily as we
did."<br>
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Prospectively, right?<br>
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Ours were not, and could not have been, since we didn't even know
how many specimens we had until they were all mounted and labeled,
which took years. Once we were finished processing, I simply told
them "We have X specimen records and will need X accession numbers"
- they then sent me a number range, and I dumped those numbers into
a pre-existing field in each database record for supplementary data.
Poof. They still sent paperwork for me to sign, listing their
numbers, which was fine - so they have what they want, and we have
what we want.<br>
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Peace,<br>
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82</pre>
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