[Talk-GB] Tagging references to web-enabled databases (war memorials & others)

[Tom Chance]

On 1 November 2011 15:44, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> As I've just mentioned in another thread, the UK National Inventory of
> War Memorials <http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/>, based at the Imperial War
> Museum, is creating a comprehensive archive of all war memorials in
> the United Kingdom. They have records for over 60,000 of the estimated
> 100,000 war memorials in the UK. These range from window and brass
> plaques to church organs, obelisks an crosses, and buildings. An
> example of the latter is the entry for Birmingham's Hall of Memory:
> <http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2049>.
>
> How should I tag that?
>
> Generally speaking, is it best to use the full URL;
>
>   UKNIWM_URL = http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2049
>
>  or the unique ID part:
>
>   UKNIWM_ID = 2049
>
> and why?
>

I would just plug the web site address into "website=" and use a tag
"ukniwm_id=" for the ID in case that's of extra use for people.

Why? Because the website tag is already known by data users, and for most
of these memorials there is unlikely to be a better reference web page. If
we're interested in specifically connecting up with the UKNIWM then the ID
is more useful than an URL that may change and that isn't so easily
processed.

Regards,
Tom

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