BiSciCol + VertNet: A Conceptual and Technical Framework for Identifying SpecimensiEvoBio Flash Talk 2013

Aaron Steele, University of California, Berkeley John Deck, University of California, Berkeley

Rob Guralnick, University of Colorado, Boulder

VertNet

VertNet LifeCycle of a Record

• <1% DwC Triplet match between Genbank and VertNet• Identifiers are not awesome (not persistent,

resolvable, or even globally unique)

BiSciCol / Identifier Review of Challenges

ark:/21547/R2 = Uniquely identifies processed data instance

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suffix =550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 The suffix is assigned by VertNet can be resolved using both the

EZID and BCID systems using the suffix passthrough system.

BCID Technology (from software bazaar)

ark:/21547/

ark:/21547/ = Scheme plus name assigning authority

R2

R2 = BCID Group identifier, defines a common concept per dataset

A Conceptual and Technical Framework for Identifying Specimens with (VertNet + BiScicol)

IC:CC:CN (Literal) ark:/21547/R2 (group)ark:/21547/R2_{LocalID}

ark:/21547/S2_{UUID}

ID’s in the Data LifeCycle

Identifiers Maintained

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PublisherIC:CC:CN (Literal) ark:/21547/R2_{LocalID}

Aggregatorark:/21547/S2_{UUID}

Using awesome identifiers we can track all metadata instances from publisher to aggregator through Applications

Machine_interpretation

VertNetEOL

iDigBioGenbank

Resolver

Applications

AggregationsSource