Lifewatch
Lifewatch is a European project within the 7th Framework Programme that aims to create a virtual laboratory for the analysis of the biological diversity of the European environment - www.lifewatch.eu
LSID
Life Science Identifiers (LSIDs) are a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) system designed specifically for the Life Sciences and adopted by BIS/TDWG as the GUID system of choice for biodiversity resources. LSIDs provide a way to persistently and uniquely identify biological data resources on the internet. Resolving an LSID returns a metadata description of the resource. LSIDs provide the means to discover, track and relate information on all kinds of biological entities, e.g., specimens, observation events, taxon names, taxon concepts, Barcodes, datasets, collections, collectors, institutions - lsids.sourceforge.net.
