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 D?ring <mdoering at 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 D?ring > Software Developer > Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) > mdoering at gbif.org > http://www.gbif.org > > > > > > On 05 Aug 2014, at 05:17, Geoff Shuetrim <geoff at 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. > > > > Geoff Shuetrim > > Gaia Guide Association > > http://www.gaiaguide.info/ > > _______________________________________________ > > API-users mailing list > > API-users at lists.gbif.org > > http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > API-users mailing list > API-users at lists.gbif.org > http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/api-users > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gbif.org/pipermail/api-users/attachments/20140818/409394ef/attachment.html
