| From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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| To: | David Blomstrom <david(dot)blomstrom(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Alban Hertroys <haramrae(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Recursive Arrays 101 |
| Date: | 2015-10-26 05:09:06 |
| Message-ID: | 562DB572.6000203@aklaver.com |
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On 10/25/2015 09:10 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
> It's also interesting that some entities (e.g. EOL) are now using
> something called Life Science ID's (or something like that) in lieu of
> traditional scientific names. It sounds like a cool idea, but some of
> the LSID's seem awfully big and complex to me. I haven't figured out
> exactly what the codes mean.
Aah, the natural key vs surrogate key conversation rears its head.
>
> Then again, when I navigate to the Encyclopedia of Life's aardvark page
> @ http://www.eol.org/pages/327830/overview the code is actually
> amazingly short.
>
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Adrian Klaver
adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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