Ross (, Thom),
>From here in UK Higher/Further Education land, you might find some of the
work done by the IESR (Information Environment Service Registry) relevant:
<http://iesr.ac.uk/>
Ben
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On Fri, 04 March, 2005 13:58, Hickey,Thom wrote:
> There's been some talk around here at OCLC about doing something about
> this, especially to identify database-collections, which seem to be
> entities people worry about too.
>
> --Th
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Ross Singer
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:45 AM
> To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Authority Control for Databases
>
> Is anybody aware of any type of standard identifier for databases? Or
> any movement to create one?
>
> Matching on name seems very backwards.
>
> If there's not a group trying to create said authority, how could
> something like that be started? Would anybody else see value in this?
>
> Thanks,
> -Ross.
Received on Fri Mar 04 2005 - 09:28:35 EST