Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 80 (4) 699-715 (2003)

http://bioguid.info/openurl/

doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00274.x

Following the links

Identifiers

Resolvable

Shared

NCBI

2006

Cites

2006

Forward Cites

2006 2008

Where do we stand?

Lack of identifiers

Too many identifiers

uBio urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2072956

Catalogue of Life urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f3b7cf14-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008

The World Spider Catalogue urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:019664

Dolomedes tenebrosus Hentz, 1844

http://ispiders.blogspot.com

Non-standard identifiers

urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-3634

Life Science Identifiers

(LSIDS)

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3F97F9F1-3156-4D30-AD7C-1F5BF51DD609

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doi:10.1038/437477a

failure to reuse existing identifiers

data silo

dead end

Kanakysaurus viviparus

doi:10.1670/196-03A

failure to reuse existing identifiers

Distributed data

bioguid.info/status/

SmithsonianNational Museum of Natural History

4 days

4 days

90 days

GBIF Portal(data.gbif.org)

4 days

Where we stand• Too few identifiers• Too many identifiers• Idiosyncratic choice of identifier (LSID)• Failure to reuse existing identifiers (DOI)• Poor stability of services• Errors with no easy means of fixing them