Re: adding pubmed ids to BAMS from Alan Ruttenberg on 2007-04-20 (public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org from April 2007)

From: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:47:12 -0400
To: "Mark Montgomery" <markm@kyield.com>
Cc: "Kei Cheung" <kei.cheung@yale.edu>, "Huajun Chen @ Zhejiang University" <huajunsir@gmail.com>, "Jonathan Rees" <jar@mumble.net>, "chris mungall" <cjm@fruitfly.org>, "public-semweb-lifesci hcls" <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>, "Suzanna Lewis" <suzi@berkeleybop.org>, "Judith Blake" <jblake@informatics.jax.org>, "Barry Smith" <phismith@buffalo.edu>, "John Barkley" <jbarkley@nist.gov>
Message-Id: <0575452B-59F3-4DF1-BEBD-67D3B7889B7E@gmail.com>

On Apr 20, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Mark Montgomery wrote:

> I can see the potential for harm in attempting to zoom in too far  
> on granularity in standardization efforts (understanding the  
> appeal) and would therefore vote for prudent equilibrium between  
> adaptability and fixed. A bit messier perhaps to purposely engineer  
> on the side of caution, but so too are most institutions that  
> experience wide adoption coming to my mind. .02- MM

This sounds like useful advise, but I wonder if you could expand this  
a bit so I can better understand what you are thinking.

Thanks,
Alan

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