If the scope of DC is "resource discovery", one might want to
find all documents "related to" a given object.
Tom
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> Rebecca Lasher wrote:
> >Briefly, The Relation field gives the DC more utility
> >than it would have without it.
>
> This really isn't a very strong argument for putting such a field
> into the core! Why not call it "Miscellaneous Other Stuff We Haven't
> Thought Of Yet" if that's all it's for?
>
> Lou
>
> p.s. I believe that's what in MARC terminology is known as an "Other Note"
> field
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