[MOBY-dev] Versioning of LSID's + vote on RFC 1913 & 1914

[Martin Senger]

> So long as the time zone on your computer is set correctly
>
   It has nothing to do with my computer - because you and me have
different timezone on our computers, but we do not know what time zones we
are using.
   Just make sure that what you (meaning: your software) put in the
version is always well defined (e.g. for elapsed time, use always UTC, for
your formatted string put 'Z' and your current - and correct - zone).

> What concerns me is that we're pulling our hair
>
   ...c'mon, Mark, this is a trivial issue. Why are you still arguing
about it?

> a number that has some enormous degree of precision when in fact we cannot  
> rely on it anyway
>
   ...of course, we can (and we want). Perhaps I don't understand your
problem...

> and moreover, we shouldn't even be parsing it out of the string in the
> first place...
>
   ...that's a low argument. LSID is not a dogma. It is here to help
us. Last time I am saying: why not to put there a meaning if it is free
and useful.

   Martin

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