Table 1 The main differences between LSIDs and HTTP URIs

Standardised by

Object Management

Internet Engineering

Group [32]

Task Force [33]

Reuse existing

Defines a new

Uses an

URI schemes

URN subscheme

existing scheme

Data retrieval/

Specific resolving

Uses existing

dereferenceability

service needed

web technology

(DNS, web servers)

Structure of identifier

Strict

Flexible

Linked Data compatibility

No

Yes