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---++ LSID Software Development
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This break-out group identified outstanding issues that need to be addressed regarding LSID software in the short-term.
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This work was based on the gap analysis presented on the 2nd day of the [[GUID2Workshop]] and on the discussion that followed.
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Note: This is one of the break-out group formed during the 3rd day of the [[GUID2Workshop]].
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---+++ Conclusions and Recommendations
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---+++++ 1) Refinement of existing software components
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The group must address the outstanding gaps and issues identified in LSID software components during the meeting.
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1. LSID Java Toolkit: include libraries (jars) that the toolkit depend on, to ease toolkit setup
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1. lsidBrowser for Firefox: improve installation documentation (issue raised by Bob and others)
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1. LaunchPad for Internet Explorer is based on obsolete technology and is not supported anymore.
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Resources should not be spent migrating (porting) resolver authority software to other platforms. Ports should be made by interested parties.
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---+++++ 2) Reduce barriers to LSID resolution in external tools and clients
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The group at [[GUID2Workshop]] identified that the use of LSID may impose a barrier to external communities to resolve LSIDs and consume Biodiversity Informatics metadata. That is because LSID, a URN scheme, requires special software for resolution.
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The group identified two tasks that, if successful, can lower this barrier:
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1. To contact companies and organizations developing semantic web tools and encourage them to include LSID resolution in their tools
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1. Identify key semantic web tools (open source) and examine the possibility of development of plugins and providers to enable LSID resolution
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One of the outcomes is to evaluate the feasibility of this a task.
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---+++++ 3) Group needs to experiment more with development of client software
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Not enough prototype clients have been developed so far to evaluate needs and gaps of client LSID software stack.
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---+++++ Categories
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CategoryWorkingGroup
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CategoryInfrastructureWG
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