datasets and registries

[Arnold Rots]

amicol wrote:
> 
> >The registry will tell you the ONE resource that matches 
> >ivo://NASA/HST,
> >since this is a unique resource identifier (where NASA is the 
> >AuthorityID and HST is the ResourceKey)
> 
> I must have misunderstood the purpose of the identifier then!
> Could you please clarify to me whether we speak of
> an ID for a dataset or for a resource ?

No, this is a misunderstanding.  The authority ID is "Sa.HST".
The string "NASA/HST" appeared in an early part of the ADEC discussion
where slashes had a different meaning.  Please delete this part of the
discussion from your memories.

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