Figure 1.

Concepts and component information captured in the MIRIAM Registry. The MIRIAM Registry collects information about data collections and resources, allowing them to be referenced using URIs. Red-bounded boxes represent concepts, while green ones depict specific instances. Each collection, which itself can be referenced via a URI, is assigned a namespace. This namespace can be combined with a suitable identifier in order to form a URI identifying the specific data record, independently of any physical locations holding that information. Each of these resolvable physical locations are regarded as an instance of the data record, and can themselves be identified using a URI.