Identifiers (was: [Biocorba-l] BSANE and bioCORBA)

[Scott Markel]

Martin Senger wrote:

>    Here is my summary:
> 
>    What URI has and NamingService syntax does not have:
>       - a protocol (together with a port number)
>       - it allows non-escaped dots (ie. as used in the hostnames)
> 
>    What URI has not and NS has:
>       - versioning of each name part
> 
>    Both have a hierarchical structure, therefore both are extensible for
> other layers.
> 
>    Is there anything else what make them different?
>    [ When we know differences we can start to compare them.]

We've actually combined URIs and NS syntax internally.  Examples
include

* "x-sequence-na:gb.123:AL121903.13"
  version 13 of sequence AL121903 in GenBank release 123.

* "x-sequence-na:gb:AL121903"
  sequence AL121903 in GenBank.

* "x-sequence-na:.:AL121903"
  sequence AL121903 in the local or default collection.

* "x-sequence-na:gb.123"
  GenBank release 123.

Scott

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