VO and ADEC identifiers

[Alberto Micol]

> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Alberto Micol wrote:
> > In one sentence I would simply answer that the instrument names
> > do not add anything to the identifiers, hence they should not be used.
> > Instrument names are part of the metadata associated with
> > the data nothing to do with the identifier.
>
> Ray Plante wrote:
>
>  The WD
> recommends a DNS-like name as a way of avoiding collisions.  The ADEC
> proposal suggested names based on instrument for the same reason (I
> believe).
>

Dear Ray P., dear All,

Can anyone expand on the ADEC proposal of having instruments
as part of the ID ?  I don't understand what that buy us.


> In the case of ESO, the instrument name is part of the identifier, repeating it
> would not help clarifying things
>

Also, keep in mind the case of a data center that combines 2 data set
from differente missions/instruments to build a new set of products. In this case
there is not a single instrument to be used as a possible datacollectionID ...

Thanks,

Alberto M.

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