Re: Survey for web registry of unique identifiers
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 08:27:34 +0300
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From: Scott Miller <smiller@icipe.org>
Subject: Re: Survey for web registry of unique identifiers
I agree entirely with Jack that it makes sense get something underway now.
My comments were just suggestions for thinking about the longer term
development of the enterprise, and pointing out some possibilities for
collaboration with nascent international programmes.
At 07:07 AM 7/30/99 -1000, John T. Longino wrote:
>Scott's ideas about international organizations and the expansion
>beyond entomology is great, but I also support Pick's establishing a
>web site now with the beginnings of a list, even if provisional. Even
>just a plain alphabetical list of acronyms and projects (there aren't
>THAT many) would get the ball rolling, give people a place to go
>right now, and provide the grist for later incorporation into more
>inclusive systems. If we aren't careful, this process can be like
>stalling before buying a new computer, waiting for the next newest
>thing. You never get a computer. So I definitely laud Pick's
>soliciting real data right now.
>
>At 10:16 PM +0300 7/29/99, Scott Miller wrote:
>>Pick: Thank you for continuing to push this subject forward. A few
>>thoughts and then some data. ASC would be a good coordinating body (if
>>they desired) for North America, but I believe their official mandate
>>really only covers the USA, Canada, and Mexico, so they would not
>>necessarily be a suitable international repository. BRD, being a
>>government agency serving the USA, would be even more narrow. On the other
>>hand there are two nascent, although yet poorly defined organisations that
>>will evolve over the next year or so: the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI)
>>of the CBD and GBIF of OECD (see recent press releases). At least from the
>>entomological perspective, this would be an excellent topic for discussion
>>at the next meeting of the directors of Major Systematic Entomology
>>Facilities in November.
>
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