Code Table Clean up - Other identifier = BMNH: Bell Museum of Natural History

[Jegelewicz]

As the BELL has now migrated to Arctos (Woo Hoo!), this particular identifier can go away. I have already removed all of the MSB:Bird usage of it and replaced that with same individual as relationships between the MSB:Bird and MMNH:Bird records. All that is left are two DMNH:Mamm records:

DMNH:Mamm	BMNH: Bell Museum of Natural History
https://arctos.database.museum/guid/DMNS:Mamm:8194	1969 #31
https://arctos.database.museum/guid/DMNS:Mamm:8195	1969 #32

That I cannot figure out.

@acdoll @barke042 can you guys match these up?

[Jegelewicz]

For MSB records file used is attached. BELL Bird identifiers.xlsx

[acdoll]

Those are just numbers on the tags (see photos in specimen records). Without any knowledge of the Bell's numbering schema in the late 60's, I can't say for sure what they are. If I had to guess, they are more akin to collector numbers but for the institution - some temporary number for tracking material between the field and its eventual inclusion in the museums records; but I really have no idea. Looks like John suggested a possible link between DMNS:Mamm:8195 and a record at the Bell: Might be Bell Museum Nat. Hist. #7893 (collected March 15, 1968)?

[dustymc]

Using issuedby for this avoids the need to guess (and the subsequent mess bad guesses lead to).

 guid_prefix | numrecs 
-------------+---------
 DMNS:Mamm   |       2

@acdoll can I just add issuedby=https://arctos.database.museum/agent/21253628 and change these to other identifier?

[acdoll]

That sounds reasonable to me.

[dustymc]

https://arctos.database.museum/search.cfm?id_issuedby=Bell%20Museum%20of%20Natural%20History

[acdoll]

That looks good - it captures the fact that this number came from the Bell and not us. Thanks