TDWG Standards LSID Resolver

Coordinator(s): Ricardo Pereira

Participants: Roger Hyam

Description

Why did we come up with such a strange resolver?

• We wanted TDWG to set the example, i.e., use LSIDs for EVERYTHING
• The hard bit of coming up with an RDF profile for TDWG standard cover pages had already been done by Roger (for other purposes)
• We wanted to play with LSID server stack
• Why not?

Technical Information

• URL for prototype user interface: http://www.tdwg.gbif.org/ (click on Standards)
• LSID authority(ies): lsid.tdwg.gbif.org
• LSID namespace(s): standards
• Hardware platform: IBM P4 3.20GHz, 2GB RAM, single IDE disk
• Server platform: RedHat? Enterprise Linux 4, Apache 2.0.52, MySQL? 4.1, Perl 5.8.5
• LSID Software stack used: Perl 1.1.3
• RDF/OWL ontology used for metadata: Most properties come from Dublin Core. Others are still undefined.
• Approximate number of LSIDs stored: Very few (half-a-dozen?)
• Benchmarchs: LSIDResolverTdwgStandardsBenchmarks
• Other resources:
  • http://biodiv.hyam.net/standards/tdwg_admin_cover_page/standard.xml (Specification of TDWG Standard Cover Page)
  • http://biodiv.hyam.net/standards/tdwg_admin_cover_page/cover.xml (Static example of TDWG
  • LSIDs tested under Rod's conformance test tool

Sample LSID:

• lsidres:urn:lsid:lsid.tdwg.gbif.org:standards:60
• lsidres:urn:lsid:lsid.tdwg.gbif.org:standards:61
• lsidres:urn:lsid:lsid.tdwg.gbif.org:standards:62
• lsidres:urn:lsid:lsid.tdwg.gbif.org:standards:63
• lsidres:urn:lsid:lsid.tdwg.gbif.org:standards:64

Roadmap, Milestones, Timeline

• Apr/06 (Done) - Set up preview of new TDWG website
• Apr/06 (Done) - Install LSID server stack and map standards table

Discussion, Implementation Issues

Lessons Learned, Conclusions, Recommendations

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