RE: identifier to use

> From: Hilmar Lapp
> [ . . . ]
> In the LSID resolver spec resolution doesn't depend on the authority  
> domain name.

Just so you're aware, the *exact* same thing can be achieved with HTTP
URIs, as described here:
http://dbooth.org/2006/urn2http/

For example, given the URI
>
http://entrez.example/2007/lsid:authority:namespace:identifier:revision
an agent that is aware of this approach (which is analogous to an agent
being LSID-savvy) could recognize the "http://entrez.example/2007/lsid:"
prefix, replace it with "urn:lsid:" to make the following LSID
> urn:lsid:authority:namespace:identifier:revision
and perform LSID resolution on that.

On the other hand, an agent that is *not* aware of the special
"http://entrez.example/2007/lsid:" prefix (which is analogous to not
being LSID-savvy) *might* be able to find useful information by
dereferencing the URI via HTTP.


David Booth, Ph.D.
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Received on Wednesday, 22 August 2007 19:25:44 UTC