More information on "shortname"?
Hi, Is there any further information on what a "shortname" - used in the API route /species/root/{uuid|shortname} described at https://www.gbif.org/developer/species I assume "uuid|shortname" is uuid OR a shortname. So perhaps shortname is a short name for a dataset? Thanks, Scott
Hi Scott, yes, thats the idea. It didn't get picked up though, so I am not sure if there are any shortnames in existence that can act as an alias for a dataset. nub, itis, col were supposed to be such shortnames. If in general people find this a useful thing we could try to revive it. UUID can be a pain for humans. Markus On 5. Mar 2018, at 17:56, Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com<mailto:myrmecocystus@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi, Is there any further information on what a "shortname" - used in the API route /species/root/{uuid|shortname} described at https://www.gbif.org/developer/species I assume "uuid|shortname" is uuid OR a shortname. So perhaps shortname is a short name for a dataset? Thanks, Scott _______________________________________________ API-users mailing list API-users@lists.gbif.org<mailto:API-users@lists.gbif.org> https://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users
Hi Markus, Thanks for the quick reply. I have no preference on this. I guess as number of datasets increase the unique shortname's will start to get rather long. Best, Scott On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:56 AM Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Is there any further information on what a "shortname" - used in the API route
/species/root/{uuid|shortname}
described at https://www.gbif.org/developer/species
I assume "uuid|shortname" is uuid OR a shortname. So perhaps shortname is a short name for a dataset?
Thanks, Scott
Yes, although one could just label a few important and frequently used datasets like the backbone and the Catalogue of Life. On 5. Mar 2018, at 18:10, Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com<mailto:myrmecocystus@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Markus, Thanks for the quick reply. I have no preference on this. I guess as number of datasets increase the unique shortname's will start to get rather long. Best, Scott On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:56 AM Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com<mailto:myrmecocystus@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi, Is there any further information on what a "shortname" - used in the API route /species/root/{uuid|shortname} described at https://www.gbif.org/developer/species I assume "uuid|shortname" is uuid OR a shortname. So perhaps shortname is a short name for a dataset? Thanks, Scott _______________________________________________ API-users mailing list API-users@lists.gbif.org<mailto:API-users@lists.gbif.org> https://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users
Interesting. We try be consistent in how we shortname our datasets on the IPT, which ends up in their URLs, and we use the same name for the GitHub repo/directory. Examples: alien-fishes-checklist, bird-tracking-occurrences. They might not be globally unique, but it could be useful to find them on GBIF using this shortname, but no problem if that is not possible. Peter
On 5 Mar 2018, at 18:12, Markus Döring <mdoering@gbif.org> wrote:
Yes, although one could just label a few important and frequently used datasets like the backbone and the Catalogue of Life.
On 5. Mar 2018, at 18:10, Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Markus, Thanks for the quick reply. I have no preference on this. I guess as number of datasets increase the unique shortname's will start to get rather long.
Best, Scott
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:56 AM Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com> wrote: Hi,
Is there any further information on what a "shortname" - used in the API route
/species/root/{uuid|shortname}
described at https://www.gbif.org/developer/species
I assume "uuid|shortname" is uuid OR a shortname. So perhaps shortname is a short name for a dataset?
Thanks, Scott
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That makes sense to have shortname's for frequently used datasets. Peter: nice, but i guess in theory different groups of people submitting data could come up with the same name? On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 10:03 AM Peter <peter.desmet.work@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting. We try be consistent in how we shortname our datasets on the IPT, which ends up in their URLs, and we use the same name for the GitHub repo/directory. Examples: alien-fishes-checklist, bird-tracking-occurrences. They might not be globally unique, but it could be useful to find them on GBIF using this shortname, but no problem if that is not possible.
Peter
On 5 Mar 2018, at 18:12, Markus Döring <mdoering@gbif.org> wrote:
Yes, although one could just label a few important and frequently used datasets like the backbone and the Catalogue of Life.
On 5. Mar 2018, at 18:10, Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Markus, Thanks for the quick reply. I have no preference on this. I guess as number of datasets increase the unique shortname's will start to get rather long.
Best, Scott
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:56 AM Scott Chamberlain <myrmecocystus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Is there any further information on what a "shortname" - used in the API route
/species/root/{uuid|shortname}
described at https://www.gbif.org/developer/species
I assume "uuid|shortname" is uuid OR a shortname. So perhaps shortname is a short name for a dataset?
Thanks, Scott
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