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

[Cellinese,Nico]

Indeed, uniqueness is crucial! Additionally, IDs need to be persistent and resolvable.  None of these can be guaranteed by self-minted GUIDs that are created using institution acronyms.

Nico


On Oct 14, 2012, at 6:09 PM, <CSTURMJR at pitt.edu<mailto:CSTURMJR at pitt.edu>>
 <CSTURMJR at pitt.edu<mailto:CSTURMJR at pitt.edu>> wrote:

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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Nico Cellinese, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator, Botany & Informatics
Joint Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
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