[kepler-dev] Issues with LSIDs

[Matt Jones]

I agree with Shawn, with some minor comments:

Shawn Bowers wrote:
> My opinion is that we create, for the local case, an "almost" lsid 
> version of an LSID. For example, to use and play with a new/revised 
> actor, or a data set one could locally assign it one of these 
> "temporary" lsids. And then only if someone wants to publish the 
> resource, would we assign a "real" lsid to the item (where publishing is 
> done automatically by the system).
> 
> The "temporary" lsids could use formats such as 
> urn:lsid:localhost:keplerlocal:<id>, where the namespace is just our 
> default namespace for local id's, and the id portion is automatically 
> assigned.
I think its best to stick to the LSID format, and use the DNS portion to 
indicate that it is a local ID.
> 
> There are probably a million other ways to gen up a local lsid format 
> here.  Alternatively, we could just make up a completely new format for 
> local ids ... with the caveat that they "become" real lsids when the 
> item is published.
> 
> When an item is published, I would assume the dns and namespace would be 
> assigned based on where the item is published to (the remote repository).
Actually, it could be from any valid LSID authority, and is independent 
of the remote repository.  For example, we might use an LSID server at 
lsid.ecoinformatics.org to generate/reserve an LSID to an object that is 
to be stored through the EcoGrid PUT function on any of the metacat or 
SRB servers that a Kepler instance might know about.  This also makes 
sure that an object stored on one server (e.g., a SRB node) can be 
replicated on another server (e.g., a metacat node).  The object hasn't 
changed, just its physical location, so it logical ID (LSID) shouldn't 
change either.

Matt

> 
> shawn
> 
> 
> Rod Spears wrote:
> 
>> When creating LSIDs for the local cache will we be using a LSID 
>> "authority" for that?
>>
>> Meaning will we use our own LSID server?
>>     If so, what do we do when running off line?
>>     If not, how should the LSID be generated?
>>
>> Whether we use the LSID server or not:
>>
>>     * What will we use for the "name space" portion?
>>     * What will we use for the "object id" portion?
>>
>>
>> LSIDs are intended to live forever, I guess we won't be concerned 
>> about that so much as long as they are unique?
>>
>> Rod
> 
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