> From: Greg Tyrelle > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:42 AM > [ . . . ] > Do you want to make statements about the HTML representation of the > database records in SGD ? I will assume this is not the case as these > records already have URL identifiers. Or do you want to make > statements about yeast proteins/genes, where SGD is likely to be the > authority for providing stable identifiers for said proteins/genes ? > > If it is the second case, and if I understand you correctly, then your > problem is that currently SGD does not provide stable URIs for yeast > genes (non-information resources, not database records), but > nonetheless you want to make statements about these non-information > resources now, [ . . . ]
FYI, this is almost exactly the purpose of http://thing-described-by.org . It is a 303-redirect service. For example, if http://example.org/yeast-database/12345 denotes a page (an information resource) that describes a particular yeast, then http://thing-described-by.org?http://example.org/yeast-database/12345 denotes the yeast itself (a non-information resource). David Booth, Ph.D. HP Software +1 617 629 8881 office | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hp.com/go/software Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent the official views of HP unless explicitly stated otherwise.