CETAF Stable Identifier Guide - Revision history

A.Guentsch: /* {{abbr|CETAF}} {{abbr|ISTC}} Stable Identifier Initiative */

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	== {{abbr\|CETAF}} {{abbr\|ISTC}} Stable Identifier Initiative ==		== {{abbr\|CETAF}} {{abbr\|ISTC}} Stable Identifier Initiative ==

	The Stable Identifiers of the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) are globally unique, consistent and reliable identifiers for specimens in natural ~~and botanical~~ collections. These identifiers are used in the world wide web to redirect users and systems to images, websites and metadata of the physical objects and to integrate them with the semantic web.		The Stable Identifiers of the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) are globally unique, consistent and reliable identifiers for specimens in natural history collections. These identifiers are used in the world wide web to redirect users and systems to images, websites and metadata of the physical objects and to integrate them with the semantic web.

	== How do CETAF Stable Identifier look like? ==		== How do CETAF Stable Identifier look like? ==

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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200318235750/https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/Workshop_Berlin_1:_How_to_improve_technical_cooperation_and_interoperability_at_the_e-infrastructure_level_Minutes Joint ISTC/pro-iBiosphere workshop Berlin, October 2013 (archived version)]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200318235750/https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/Workshop_Berlin_1:_How_to_improve_technical_cooperation_and_interoperability_at_the_e-infrastructure_level_Minutes Joint ISTC/pro-iBiosphere workshop Berlin, October 2013 (archived version)]
	* [[Geneva_meeting\|Geneva Meeting (October 2015)]]		* [[Geneva_meeting\|Geneva Meeting (October 2015)]]
	* [~~http://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/~~ISTC_Meeting_Spring_2016_Bratislava#Minutes Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (May 2016) ]		* [[ISTC_Meeting_Spring_2016_Bratislava#Minutes\|Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (May 2016)]]
	* [~~http://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/~~ISTC_Meeting_Spring_2017_Stuttgart Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (March 2017) ]		* [[ISTC_Meeting_Spring_2017_Stuttgart\|Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (March 2017)]]
	* [~~http://cetafidentifiers.biowikifarm.net/wiki/~~IDs_and_LOD_Discussion (Virtual) LOD Hackathon (October 2017)]		* [[IDs_and_LOD_Discussion\|(Virtual) LOD Hackathon (October 2017)]]
	* [~~http://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/~~ISTC_DWG_Meeting_Spring_2018_Copenhagen Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (February 2018) ]		* [[ISTC_DWG_Meeting_Spring_2018_Copenhagen\|Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (February 2018)]]
	* [~~https://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/~~ISTC_QoS_Workshop_Copenhagen_2018 ISTC QoS Workshop Copenhagen (June 2018)]		* [[ISTC_QoS_Workshop_Copenhagen_2018\|ISTC QoS Workshop Copenhagen (June 2018)]]
	* [~~https://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/~~ISTC_DWG_Meeting_Spring_2019_Vienna Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (February 2019)]		* [[ISTC_DWG_Meeting_Spring_2019_Vienna\|Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (February 2019)]]

	[[Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]		[[Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]

D.Fichtmüller: adjusted links to local copy of Best_practices_for_stable_URIs or archived versions of pro-iBiosphere wiki pages

2025-03-05T11:54:41Z

adjusted links to local copy of Best_practices_for_stable_URIs or archived versions of pro-iBiosphere wiki pages

D.Fichtmüller: adjusted changes done after the last backup version

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bwf>Andreas Plank: /* Further reading */ Layout margin-top:2ex to Poster reference

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	''McMurry, J. A.'' et al., ‘Identifiers for the 21st century: How to design, provision, and reuse persistent identifiers to maximize utility and impact of life science data’, ''PLOS Biology'' 15(6):e2001414 June 2017. URL:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001414.		''McMurry, J. A.'' et al., ‘Identifiers for the 21st century: How to design, provision, and reuse persistent identifiers to maximize utility and impact of life science data’, ''PLOS Biology'' 15(6):e2001414 June 2017. URL:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001414.

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	Poster: [http://www.cetaf.org/sites/default/files/cetaf-istc_stable_identifiers_poster50x70.pdf CETAF stable identifiers for specimens (1.4MB, www.cetaf.org)]		Poster: [http://www.cetaf.org/sites/default/files/cetaf-istc_stable_identifiers_poster50x70.pdf CETAF stable identifiers for specimens (1.4MB, www.cetaf.org)]

bwf>Anton Güntsch: /* Further reading */

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bwf>Andreas Plank: /* Further Questions */ + and in general also in :Category: Discussion

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Further Questions: + and in general also in Category: Discussion

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	== Further Questions ==		== Further Questions ==

	See on [[Questions, problem solutions and further discussions (Guide of best practices)]]		See on [[Questions, problem solutions and further discussions (Guide of best practices)]] and in general also in [[:Category: Discussion]].

	== Useful Links ==		== Useful Links ==

bwf>Andreas Plank: Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers => Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers

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Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers => Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers

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	* [http://herbal.rbge.info/ CETAF URI Tester (herbal.rbge.info)]		* [http://herbal.rbge.info/ CETAF URI Tester (herbal.rbge.info)]
	* [[Standards_compliance_dashboard\|The Standards Compliance Dashboard]] of collaborating institutions		* [[Standards_compliance_dashboard\|The Standards Compliance Dashboard]] of collaborating institutions
	* [[:Category: ~~Handbook~~ for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]—Collection of pages related to this handbook		* [[:Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]—Collection of pages related to this guide or handbook

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

bwf>Andreas Plank: Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers => Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers

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Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers => Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers

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	* [https://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/ISTC_DWG_Meeting_Spring_2019_Vienna Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (February 2019)]		* [https://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/ISTC_DWG_Meeting_Spring_2019_Vienna Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (February 2019)]

	[[Category:~~Handbook~~ for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]		[[Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]

bwf>Andreas Plank: /* Further Questions */ added section; link to Questions, problem solutions and further discussions (Guide of best practices) for all questions as a summary page or question pool

2020-06-15T09:31:32Z

 Further Questions: added section; link to Questions, problem solutions and further discussions (Guide of best practices) for all questions as a summary page or question pool

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	The [[CETAF Specimen Preview Profile (CSPP)]] is developed as a minimal set of agreed ({{abbr\|RDF}}) collection metadata elements implemented consistently across {{abbr\|CETAF}} organisations. Its purpose is to provide a stable resource enabling preview functions in specimen portals. The {{abbr\|CSPP}} is not meant to be comprehensive, which means that Linked Open (collection) Data implementations of CETAF institutions will usually provide much richer metadata with additional RDF-elements.		The [[CETAF Specimen Preview Profile (CSPP)]] is developed as a minimal set of agreed ({{abbr\|RDF}}) collection metadata elements implemented consistently across {{abbr\|CETAF}} organisations. Its purpose is to provide a stable resource enabling preview functions in specimen portals. The {{abbr\|CSPP}} is not meant to be comprehensive, which means that Linked Open (collection) Data implementations of CETAF institutions will usually provide much richer metadata with additional RDF-elements.

			== Further Questions ==

			See on [[Questions, problem solutions and further discussions (Guide of best practices)]]

	== Useful Links ==		== Useful Links ==
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	* [[Standards_compliance_dashboard\|The Standards Compliance Dashboard]] of collaborating institutions		* [[Standards_compliance_dashboard\|The Standards Compliance Dashboard]] of collaborating institutions
	* [[:Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]—Collection of pages related to this handbook		* [[:Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers]]—Collection of pages related to this handbook
	* [[Talk: Splitting of collection specimens (Guide best practices)]]

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

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	''Wouter, A.'' ‘Identifiers for Our Institutes – GRID and ROR’, DiSSCoTech (blog), 11 April 2020, https://dissco.tech/2020/04/11/identifiers-for-our-institutes-grid-and-ror/.		''Wouter, A.'' ‘Identifiers for Our Institutes – GRID and ROR’, DiSSCoTech (blog), 11 April 2020, https://dissco.tech/2020/04/11/identifiers-for-our-institutes-grid-and-ror/.

			''McMurry, J. A.'' et al., ‘Identifiers for the 21st century: How to design, provision, and reuse persistent identifiers to maximize utility and impact of life science data’, ''PLOS Biology'' 15(6):e2001414 June 2017. URL:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001414.


	Poster: [http://www.cetaf.org/sites/default/files/cetaf-istc_stable_identifiers_poster50x70.pdf CETAF stable identifiers for specimens (1.4MB, www.cetaf.org)]		Poster: [http://www.cetaf.org/sites/default/files/cetaf-istc_stable_identifiers_poster50x70.pdf CETAF stable identifiers for specimens (1.4MB, www.cetaf.org)]

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	[[File:Stable identifier example.png\|thumb\|Example for the syntax of a CETAF Stable Identifier.]]		[[File:Stable identifier example.png\|thumb\|Example for the syntax of a CETAF Stable Identifier.]]
	The {{abbr\|CETAF}} identifier system is based on {{abbr\|HTTP}}-{{abbr\|URIs}} and Linked Data principles. It is simple and future-proof.		The {{abbr\|CETAF}} identifier system is based on {{abbr\|HTTP}}-{{abbr\|URIs}} and Linked Data principles. It is simple and future-proof.
	Each collection object as well as its associated information resources (e.g. multimedia, {{abbr\|RDF}}, webpages) are identified by stable HTTP-URIs that will never change. The URI Syntax for the objects is chosen and maintained by the institution owning them. This flexibility is one of the main advantages of the CETAF Stable Identifier system as it allows e.g. to include branding and local scope identifiers into the CETAF Stable Identifier URI. There are however some [~~https://web.archive.org/web/20210308093304/https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/~~Best_practices_for_stable_URIs best practices for stable URIs ~~(web.archive.org 8 Mar 2021)~~]. Examples are:		Each collection object as well as its associated information resources (e.g. multimedia, {{abbr\|RDF}}, webpages) are identified by stable HTTP-URIs that will never change. The URI Syntax for the objects is chosen and maintained by the institution owning them. This flexibility is one of the main advantages of the CETAF Stable Identifier system as it allows e.g. to include branding and local scope identifiers into the CETAF Stable Identifier URI. There are however some [[Best_practices_for_stable_URIs\|best practices for stable URIs]]. Examples are:

	: [http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113 http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113]		: [http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113 http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113]
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	{{color\|green\|<b>✓</b>}} you assigned a stable URI to each object of your collection, which will be never changed and preferably follows the [~~https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/~~Best_practices_for_stable_URIs best practices for stable URIs]		{{color\|green\|<b>✓</b>}} you assigned a stable URI to each object of your collection, which will be never changed and preferably follows the [[Best_practices_for_stable_URIs\|best practices for stable URIs]]

	{{color\|green\|<b>✓</b>}} there exists a human-readable representation (web-page) for each of your collection objects		{{color\|green\|<b>✓</b>}} there exists a human-readable representation (web-page) for each of your collection objects
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	== Useful Links ==		== Useful Links ==

	* [~~https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/Best_practices_for_stable_URIs~~ Best practices for stable URIs ~~(wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu)~~]		* [[Best practices for stable URIs]]
	* [[CSPP\|CETAF Specimen Preview Profile (CSPP)]]—A set of standard data components for data exchange		* [[CSPP\|CETAF Specimen Preview Profile (CSPP)]]—A set of standard data components for data exchange
	* [https://git.bgbm.org/cetaf/stableidentifiernegotiation Source code and example documents (git.bgbm.org)]		* [https://git.bgbm.org/cetaf/stableidentifiernegotiation Source code and example documents (git.bgbm.org)]
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	<div class="hanging-indent compact-references">		<div class="hanging-indent compact-references">
	''Kuzmova, I.'' ‘Pro-IBiosphere - Stable Identifiers for Specimens – A CETAF ISTC Initiative Supported by pro-IBiosphere’. ''EUBON''. 1 July 2013. URL: ~~http~~://www.pro-ibiosphere.eu/news/4296_stable_identifiers_for_specimens_-_a_cetaf_istc_initiative_supported_by_pro-ibiosphere/.		''Kuzmova, I.'' ‘Pro-IBiosphere - Stable Identifiers for Specimens – A CETAF ISTC Initiative Supported by pro-IBiosphere’. ''EUBON''. 1 July 2013. URL: https://www.pro-ibiosphere.eu/news/4296_stable_identifiers_for_specimens_-_a_cetaf_istc_initiative_supported_by_pro-ibiosphere/.

	''Güntsch, A.'' et al., ‘Actionable, long-term stable and semantic web compatible identifiers for access to biological collection objects’, ''Database (Oxford)'', vol. 2017; Jan. 2017. URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/database/bax003.		''Güntsch, A.'' et al., ‘Actionable, long-term stable and semantic web compatible identifiers for access to biological collection objects’, ''Database (Oxford)'', vol. 2017; Jan. 2017. URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/database/bax003.
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	== Meetings ==		== Meetings ==
	* [http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/3846 Edinburgh Meeting (June 2013)]		* [http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/3846 Edinburgh Meeting (June 2013)]
	* [~~http~~://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/Workshop_Berlin_1:_How_to_improve_technical_cooperation_and_interoperability_at_the_e-infrastructure_level_Minutes Joint ISTC/pro-iBiosphere workshop Berlin (October 2013)]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200318235750/https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/Workshop_Berlin_1:_How_to_improve_technical_cooperation_and_interoperability_at_the_e-infrastructure_level_Minutes Joint ISTC/pro-iBiosphere workshop Berlin, October 2013 (archived version)]
	* [[Geneva_meeting\|Geneva Meeting (October 2015)]]		* [[Geneva_meeting\|Geneva Meeting (October 2015)]]
	* [http://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/ISTC_Meeting_Spring_2016_Bratislava#Minutes Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (May 2016) ]		* [http://cetafdigitization.biowikifarm.net/cdig/ISTC_Meeting_Spring_2016_Bratislava#Minutes Joint CETAF-ISTC / CETAF-DWG meeting (May 2016) ]

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	[[File:Stable identifier example.png\|thumb\|Example for the syntax of a CETAF Stable Identifier.]]		[[File:Stable identifier example.png\|thumb\|Example for the syntax of a CETAF Stable Identifier.]]
	The {{abbr\|CETAF}} identifier system is based on {{abbr\|HTTP}}-{{abbr\|URIs}} and Linked Data principles. It is simple and future-proof.		The {{abbr\|CETAF}} identifier system is based on {{abbr\|HTTP}}-{{abbr\|URIs}} and Linked Data principles. It is simple and future-proof.
	Each collection object as well as its associated information resources (e.g. multimedia, {{abbr\|RDF}}, webpages) are identified by stable HTTP-URIs that will never change. The URI Syntax for the objects is chosen and maintained by the institution owning them. This flexibility is one of the main advantages of the CETAF Stable Identifier system as it allows e.g. to include branding and local scope identifiers into the CETAF Stable Identifier URI. There are however some [https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/Best_practices_for_stable_URIs best practices for stable URIs]. Examples are:		Each collection object as well as its associated information resources (e.g. multimedia, {{abbr\|RDF}}, webpages) are identified by stable HTTP-URIs that will never change. The URI Syntax for the objects is chosen and maintained by the institution owning them. This flexibility is one of the main advantages of the CETAF Stable Identifier system as it allows e.g. to include branding and local scope identifiers into the CETAF Stable Identifier URI. There are however some [https://web.archive.org/web/20210308093304/https://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/Best_practices_for_stable_URIs best practices for stable URIs (web.archive.org 8 Mar 2021)]. Examples are:

	: [http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113 http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113]		: [http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113 http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100277113]
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	''Kuzmova, I.'' ‘Pro-IBiosphere - Stable Identifiers for Specimens – A CETAF ISTC Initiative Supported by pro-IBiosphere’. ''EUBON''. 1 July 2013. URL: http://www.pro-ibiosphere.eu/news/4296_stable_identifiers_for_specimens_-_a_cetaf_istc_initiative_supported_by_pro-ibiosphere/.		''Kuzmova, I.'' ‘Pro-IBiosphere - Stable Identifiers for Specimens – A CETAF ISTC Initiative Supported by pro-IBiosphere’. ''EUBON''. 1 July 2013. URL: http://www.pro-ibiosphere.eu/news/4296_stable_identifiers_for_specimens_-_a_cetaf_istc_initiative_supported_by_pro-ibiosphere/.

	''Güntsch, A.'' et al., ‘Actionable, long-term stable and semantic web compatible identifiers for access to biological collection objects’, ''Database (Oxford)'', vol. 2017, Jan. 2017. URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/database/bax003.		''Güntsch, A.'' et al., ‘Actionable, long-term stable and semantic web compatible identifiers for access to biological collection objects’, ''Database (Oxford)'', vol. 2017; Jan. 2017. URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/database/bax003.

	''Groom, Q.'' et al., ‘Stable Identifiers for Collection Specimens’, ''Nature (Correspondence)'', 546.7656 (2017), 33. URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/546033d		''Groom, Q.'' et al., ‘Stable Identifiers for Collection Specimens’, ''Nature (Correspondence)'', 546.7656 (2017), 33; URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/546033d

	''Hardisty, A.'' ‘Natural Science Identifiers & CETAF Stable Identifiers’. DiSSCoTech (blog). 28 May 2020. URL:https://dissco.tech/2020/05/28/natural-science-identifiers-cetaf-stable-identifiers/.		''Hardisty, A.'' ‘Natural Science Identifiers & CETAF Stable Identifiers’. DiSSCoTech (blog). 28 May 2020; URL:https://dissco.tech/2020/05/28/natural-science-identifiers-cetaf-stable-identifiers/.

	''~~Wouter~~, A.'' ~~‘Identifiers~~ for ~~Our Institutes – GRID and ROR’~~, ~~DiSSCoTech (blog), 11 April 2020, https~~://~~dissco~~.~~tech/2020/04~~/11/~~identifiers-for-our-institutes-grid-and~~-~~ror~~/.		''Hyland, B.'' et al. ‘Best Practices for Publishing Linked Data.’ World Wide Web Consortium, 9 Jan. 2014; http://www.w3.org/TR/ld-bp/.

	''McMurry, J. A.'' et al., ‘Identifiers for the 21st century: How to design, provision, and reuse persistent identifiers to maximize utility and impact of life science data’, ''PLOS Biology'' 15(6):e2001414 June 2017. URL:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001414.		''Wouter, A.'' ‘Identifiers for Our Institutes – GRID and ROR’, DiSSCoTech (blog), 11 April 2020; https://dissco.tech/2020/04/11/identifiers-for-our-institutes-grid-and-ror/.

			''McMurry, J. A.'' et al., ‘Identifiers for the 21st century: How to design, provision, and reuse persistent identifiers to maximize utility and impact of life science data’, ''PLOS Biology'' 15(6):e2001414 June 2017; URL:  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001414.

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CETAF Stable Identifier Guide - Revision history

A.Guentsch: /* {{abbr|CETAF}} {{abbr|ISTC}} Stable Identifier Initiative */

D.Fichtmüller: links to local version of BWF pages

D.Fichtmüller: adjusted links to local copy of Best_practices_for_stable_URIs or archived versions of pro-iBiosphere wiki pages

D.Fichtmüller: adjusted changes done after the last backup version

bwf>Andreas Plank: /* Further reading */ Layout margin-top:2ex to Poster reference

bwf>Anton Güntsch: /* Further reading */

bwf>Andreas Plank: /* Further Questions */ + and in general also in :Category: Discussion

bwf>Andreas Plank: Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers => Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers

bwf>Andreas Plank: Category: Handbook for CETAF Stable Identifiers => Category: Guide for CETAF Stable Identifiers

bwf>Andreas Plank: /* Further Questions */ added section; link to Questions, problem solutions and further discussions (Guide of best practices) for all questions as a summary page or question pool

bwf>Andreas Plank: /* Further Questions */ added section; link to Questions, problem solutions and further discussions (Guide of best practices) for all questions as a summary page or question pool