Although having two different identifier systems is a problem in theory, in
practice it appears to me that at this point there are only a handful (a
small number) of schemas that have identifiers of both styles.

Could we perhaps:
1. precisely enumerate those that have the multiple identifiers.
2. come up with a procedure whereby when a schema identifier is needed:
    - First check if one already exists.
    - If it does, then it should be used, both by SRU and OpenURL,
regardless of which syle it is.
    - if it does not, then assign an identifier: OpenURL style if it is
(initially) for OpenURL use, SRU style if for SRU, and both registries add
it.

--Ray


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hammond, Tony" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: One Data Format Identifier (and Registry) to Rule Them All


> Hi Rob:
>
> Yes, indeed they do.
>
> We've just put up an OAI server and are using PAM but as yet have no URI
> for
> that:
>
> http://www.nature.com/oai/request?verb=ListMetadataFormats
>
> In fact I'm on a call in an hour with the PRISM folks to address just this
> issue. Hoping to get a URL for the schema so that we can register with SRU
> (with an SRU style identifier at this time).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony
>
>
>
>
>
> On 20/5/09 15:52, "Rob Sanderson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> PMH has an operation listMetadataFormats which lists the local names and
>> any other information it has about the formats it supports.
>>
>> eg:
>> http://alcme.oclc.org/openurl/servlet/OAIHandler?verb=ListMetadataFormats
>>
>> (view source to see the response without the helpful XSLT)
>>
>> Eg, they have the problem, but don't even bother with a registry.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 15:30 +0100, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress
>> wrote:
>>> From: "Dr R. Sanderson" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> There isn't one, but the protocol has the same requirements as SRU and
>>>> OpenURL.
>>>
>>> I remain confused. If the protocol has the requirement to specify a
>>> schema
>>> identifier, there must be some way for an implementor to (1) find out
>>> the
>>> appropriate identifier for a particular schema, including finding out
>>> that
>>> there isn't one; and (2) register an identifier for a schema when there
>>> isn't one.
>>>
>>> --Ray
>
>
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