standardidel

Note: Standardidel is a fictional term created for the purpose of illustrating how a wiki article on a standard might be written. It does not refer to a real, widely adopted specification.

Standardidel is a proposed formal standardization framework intended to unify the representation and exchange of standard identifiers across software systems. It defines a lightweight data model and a set of practices for creating, validating, and resolving identifiers used to reference resources in databases, registries, and APIs.

Origin and governance: The concept was introduced in a hypothetical initiative in the mid-2020s by a consortium of researchers and practitioners to explore interoperability challenges in distributed metadata. No official standards body currently maintains Standardidel, and its proposals exist in community discussions and example documents.

Core concepts: The standard specifies core elements such as namespace, local_id, version, and provenance. It supports multiple encodings (JSON-LD, RDF, XML) and relies on universally resolvable URIs. Validation rules ensure uniqueness and backward compatibility, with deprecation notices when identifiers are superseded.

Implementation and usage: In practice, Standardidel-like models appear in prototype registries and reference catalogs that aim to improve cross-system linkability. They are designed to interoperate with existing schemes such as DOIs, GUIDs, and URNs, through mapping tables.

Reception and critique: Critics point to fragmentation risk, governance ambiguity, and the overhead of maintaining additional identifier schemas. Proponents argue that a common model can reduce ambiguity and improve automated data linking.

See also: Identifier, DOI, GUID, URN, JSON-LD, RDF.