[NeXus-committee] A PID "best practice" document?

[Paul Millar]

Hi everyone,

Thanks to the work of FAIRmat (and Lukas, in particular) we have the 
ability in NeXus to embed persistent identifiers via the identifierNAME 
field.

While this gives us a powerful tool, I think that it would make sense to 
provide some guidance on how persistent identifiers should be included 
within a NeXus file.

Such guidance would not try to be exhaustive or authoritative, but 
provide practical information when someone wants to include specific 
types of identifiers.

I've had a stab at putting together such a document.  It's draft, in the 
sense that all aspects of the document (even its existence) are up for 
discussion.  You can find the current version here:


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XZzyXKKJXYZ4qii5Uw6-ysajRzj0-Sv5B2gPMB2saTw


The link allows for people to add comments to the document.  (Just let 
me know if you'd like to work directly on the document.)

Feedback is appreciated: either as comments directly in the document or 
by replying to this email.

Cheers,
Paul.