Re: Use of LSID's "in the wild"

We (TDWG - Taxonomic Databases Working Group - www.tdwg.org) are
currently investigating them for use with our taxonomic/biodiversity
informatics data located in many databases around the world.
We are having a meeting on GUIDs/LSIDs in Edinburgh next week.

Kevin Richards
Landcare Research
New Zealand

>>> Mark Wilkinson <markw@illuminae.com> 06/02/06 5:10 AM >>>

Hi all, 

I'm writing a manuscript at the moment where I discuss LSIDs, and I'm
trying to get a sense of how many people are using them "in the wild".
I know that biopathways has set up a lot of "proxy" LSID resolvers, but
that's kinda cheating :-)  I'm wondering who is actually using the LSID
standard in a production environment.  I know that BioMOBY and
myGrid/Tverna both use LSIDs, but who else?

Any takers?

Cheers!

Mark

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