Dear Colleagues,

That is true and one example for using the same number (k-...) is the important collection of VIR at St Petersburg, but still these places will have a unique accession identifiers.

Axel



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Dear Adriana,

Unfortunately,  there are genebanks, which "re-use" the same accession number for different genera.

With best regards,
Stephan

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> From: Global Information System on PGRFA [mailto:GLIS-PGRFA- 
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> Dear Gerardo and all,
>
> Thanks for the useful table. Basically, I think that INSTCODE:ACCENUM 
> are enough to 'identify' material among genebanks. If need be, to 
> reconfirm the uniqueness of the material, GENUS might be added. This 
> just in case that some genebank may have added the same ACCENUM to 
> different accessions - but I doubt this is feasible.
>
> Having these two fields will help to build on them with all the rest 
> of 'optional' but valuable descriptors and can re-confirm the 
> uniqueness of the PGRFA material.
>
> Kind regards,
> Adriana
>
>
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> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 10:42 AM
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> Subject: Metadata fields
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I have compiled the attached table summarising the proposals received 
> so far for your review.
>
> Adriana, can you please check the mandatory/optional status of the 
> fields you propose to add?
>
> We thank you for contributing to the discussion and look forward to 
> receiving more valuable comments on this important matter.
>
> Thank you,
> Regards,
>
>
> Gerardo Francione
> Treaty Secretariat
>
>
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