Markus --- I think the answer to the question: "Would a taxon DOI be a valuable feature for you?" really depends on some of the details. With a taxon name, you are putting a DOI on a string and one that has been dissociated from its source(s). I would think more valuable would be a DOI linked to the checklist that contained the name, and maybe a passthrough (a la suffix passthroughs in the EZID system) to the individual name. That way I can resolve that taxon name to the source from whence it came.
Best, Rob
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:44 AM, Markus Döring mdoering@gbif.org wrote:
Hello Geoff,
GBIF uses simples integers as taxon identifiers, for example 2396049 for Ecsenius bicolor. These ids are stable, but obviously not globally unique. If you need a URI right now I would recommend for now to use our restful portal URL: http://www.gbif.org/species/2396049
For the future I could imagine us assigning DOIs to taxa reusing the current integer ids, but that has to be carefully evaluated first. Would a taxon DOI be a valuable feature for you?
Cheers, Markus
-- Markus Döring Software Developer Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) mdoering@gbif.org http://www.gbif.org
On 05 Aug 2014, at 05:17, Geoff Shuetrim geoff@galexy.net wrote:
Working with a range of web services, I have found myself making
extensive use of the LSIDs that are specific to each data source. For example, for ITIS, I use the Ecsenius bicolor LSID: urn:lsid:itis.gov: itis_tsn:636326
For WoRMS, the LSID for Ecsenius bicolor is: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:
taxname:277652
For Atlas of living Australia the LSID for Ecsenius bicolor is: urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:
afd.taxon:99c29e7c-5b04-4e57-8e6b-82aa442a801a
Is there a GBIF LSID that can similarly be used as a unique identifier
for a taxon? I have come across the various GBIF unique keys but these are not unique outside of the GBIF environment and within the Gaia Guide systems I am deciding how best to work with these, ensuring their uniqueness, alongside identifiers from other data sources.
Thanks again for your assistance.
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