[Nhcoll-l] global unique identifiers and natural history collections

[Monaghan, Nigel]

Yes, for me a first step is a global register of museum acronyms

Nigel


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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] global unique identifiers and natural history collections

Curtis,

One problem that comes to mind is CMNH as an identifier.
I have seen this used for:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History ( my preference!) Cleveland Museum of Natural History Cincinnati Museum of Natural History

It could also be used for:
Colorado (University) Museum of Natural History Canadian Museum of Natural History.

Thus, one would have to standardize museum acronyms.

> <font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"
> size="2"><div>Forgive my ignorance, as I'm new to the collections 
> world, but could someone please provide more detail about what you are 
> talking about exactly? What is wrong with the use of museum acronyms 
> followed by numbers? Or...am I missing something? Aren't these "global 
> unique identifiers"? What are the drawbacks to using these in the 
> traditional manner? Also, how feasible would it be for all the 
> collections to essentially renumber their entire collections to 
> participate in this new system? Please help me understand what this 
> discussion is 
> about.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Curti
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