BTW, with regards to the whole LSID/URI/URN/URL conversation, I thought it would be worthwhile to point out this article (by Dan Connolly no less - so I'm glad he's weighing in on this conversation) on URIs/URLs/URNs which was instrumental for me in getting to the bottom of the confusion (and beyond the misconceptions I had at the time) with these protocols:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-urlni.html (Untangle URIs, URLs, and URNs) Chimezie Ogbuji Lead Systems Analyst Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue/ W26 Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Office: (216)444-8593 [EMAIL PROTECTED]