Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) and/or Life Science Identifiers (LSIDs) for Invasive Species Information Sharing by the Global Invasive Species Information Network GISIN

A discussion area for invasive alien species (IAS) information managers on how to deal with the need for GUIDs/LSIDs in order to share invasive species data among online databases with IAS information.

Potential topics of discussion:

GUID/LSID: how to ensure they are persistent?

Who among IAS information managers is using GUID/LSID?

Should there be a GISIN GUID/LSID service? If yes, who can/should host it?

• Possible hosts:
  • GISIN domain server
  • GBIF
  • TDWG
  • US National Biological Information Infrastructure

Should there be a GISIN GUID/LSID master directory?

Do any IAS information managers currently have a GUID/LSID information system in place?

• Discover Life: see http://www.discoverlife.org/sc/ui/registry/
• GBIF has one under development (?)
• Others?