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

[Dirk Neumann]

Hi all,

at least for some collections unique (and published) identifiers are 
available
(e.g. provided via the Eschmeyer Catolg of fishes @ 
http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp)

It might be essential to have unique identifiers for scientific material 
in near future - mainly depending on how the Access Benefit Sharing will 
implement regulations to track down single samples to allow equitable 
sharing of these (genetic) resources. For botany specimens something 
similar is already in place called IPEN: 
http://www.bgci.org/resources/ipen/

However, it is crucial that the registration numbers are tied to 
collections and specimens in the collection, therefore I would rather 
favour to have the museum acronyms & specimen numbers included in such a 
code (what would be easily feasible if using a combined alpha numeric & 
alphabetical coding system). Problem here surely lies with the 
entomological collections, which can't be individualised in near future, 
but in the light of ongoing barcoding campaigns one should have in mind 
that many modern samples (which do have e.g. individual barcodes 
generated by BOLD) do have unique identifiers as soon as they are 
processed (this applies also for historic specimens picked form the pin) 
- even if the analyses fails.

Definitely YES! and will be needed in near future, I fear (not because I 
would wish to have a unique numbering system / numbers)

All the best
Dirk


Am 15.10.2012 00:09, schrieb CSTURMJR at pitt.edu:
> 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>Curtis<br><br>______________________________<br><br>Curtis
>> J. Schmidt<br>Zoological Collections Manager<br>Sternberg Museum of
>> Natural History<br>Fort Hays State University <br>3000 Sternberg
>> Drive<br>Hays, KS  67601<br>(785) 628-5504 (collections)<br>(785) 650-2447
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