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 -- Ben Soares tel: +44 (0)131-651 1238 EDINA, Edinburgh University Data Library fax: +44 (0)131-650 3308 Main Library Building, George Square email: [log in to unmask] Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, Scotland, UK www: http://edina.ac.uk/ "Hmmm, that makes no sense to me... But then you are very small, perhaps you're right." -- Treebeard 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:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Ross Singer > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:45 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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.