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.