(03-12-2012 03:23 PM)Tad Carlucci Wrote: Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of a KittyCatS official service, which probably could be totally web-based, and could certify certain claims. It would take some design work to prevent abuse or information leakage and, of course, should be extremely expensive. But I think the only authority everyone could agree upon would be KittyCatS themselves. Off the top of my head, I'm thinking something like you go to a web page, enter the ID for a cat you own, check ONE claim (Snow HIDING Lynx, for example), pay L$5000, and you get a certificate that the claim is correct or incorrect which you can rez and which clicks to a web page on the KittyCats site showing the pedigree, the claim, and the result. Some checks to prevent silly claims (Seal HIDING Genesis, etc) and perhaps a limit on the number of checks per ID, times per day/week, whatever. Just a quick idea .. it needs more thought especially in the policy and support arena .. but it might be doable.
Most interesting. Personally I spend enough money with KC on milk, kibble, etc. I'd far rather spend my lindens on cats and upkeep and rent. I can't say I'd support this for the simple reason that it would only be useful for one cat at a time and sorry, but I've never been one of the lucky ones to get one of the super-recessive furs and such that bring in near enough lindens to justify that kind of expenditure.
I'd rather see something that certifies the breeder's veracity than verifying one thing about a single cat, but administering that would be a total nightmare, subject to all sorts of abuse. But that would also mean I could trust buying any cat from that breeder, not just super expensive and rare ones.
I honestly think the best solution to this is education. Helping people to learn how to read pedigrees and recessiveness charts so that they can verify things for themselves. Once people learn how to assess what their cats may or may not be hiding and how to assess the claims of others, many of these issues will go away.
Hiding Confusion
