Dear all,
So sorry to bring up the dreaded topic of identifiers again, but we are
presently deciding whether to just use an identifier for our LOs (LOM
element 1.1) or to also use an identifier for the metadata record as
well (LOM element 3.1) as well. If we are going to conform to the UK LOM
Core we must have both, and I understand why theoretically both are
needed. But I'm not sure on a practical level whether both are needed at
this point in history, with the absence of truly globally unique
identifiers for LOs. I've seen a few application profiles which suggest
that metadata record identifiers are optional (presumably so that
imported records can be accommodated?) rather than mandatory.
At the moment our repository is automatically generating an identifier
for the LO for LOM element 1.1, which I'm told may be used for OAI
harvesting of our records. If this is the case I'm not sure whether we
also need a metadata record identifier in 3.1.
I wonder what other repositories are doing and what their rationale is
(apart from conforming to the UK LOM Core)? And how and in what format
they are specifically generating each identifier? Answers to the list,
unless you don't want to publicly broadcast your situation, in which
case answers off-list and if I get any that I think are of general
interest I can summarise for the list in a non-identifying (!) way.
Thanks!
Sarah
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