[esip-semanticweb] ok, let's start with GCIS identifiers

Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) christopher.s.lynnes at nasa.gov
Wed Mar 28 16:17:01 EDT 2012


On Mar 28, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Curt Tilmes wrote:

> On 03/28/2012 08:27 AM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) wrote:
>> http://globalchange.gov/id/us/<agency-that-holds-data>/dataset/<id-scheme>/<identifier>
>> 
>> where id-scheme is one of: gcmd, doi or uuid.
>> 
>> An example URI for AIRS Level 3 Daily products would be the following:
>> 
>> http://globalchange.gov/id/us/nasa/dataset/gcmd/GES_DISC_AIRX3STD_V005
>> 
>> An example URI for ORNL DAAC's Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 2 (GFEDv2.1):
>> 
>> http://globalchange.gov/id/us/doe/dataset/doi/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/849
> 
> I like your previous ones better.  You could probably sell me on the
> 'id' if you really tried, but I don't like including the agency in
> there.

So is this what you are thinking?

http://globalchange.gov/dataset/gcmd/GES_DISC_AIRX3STD_V005
http://globalchange.gov/dataset/doi/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/849

> 
> I like algorithmicly being able to determine the URI from just
> scheme/identifier without having to have knowledge of or looking up
> any other metadata -- that's all the agency really is, just more
> metadata you have to know to figure out the URI.
> 
> Curt
> 
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