On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:47 AM, Alistair Miles
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> URIs denote. I.e. URIs are names for things. If I said
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> <urn:isbn:0723888560> rda:identifierForTheManifestation <urn:isbn:0723888560> .
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> that would be equivalent to saying the book is its own identifier.
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> I could, however, say
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> <urn:isbn:0723888560> rda:identifierForTheManifestation "urn:isbn:0723888560"^^xsd:anyURI .
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> which would be a perfectly reasonable alternative to
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> <urn:isbn:0723888560> rda:identifierForTheManifestation "ISBN:0723888560" .
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Alistair,
Unfortunately I don't think we can use the ISBN as the identifier for
the manifestation. It has its own meaning, and won't be one-to-one
with manifestations that the library holds. For example, books before
1968 didn't get ISBNs; some books today don't get them (government
publications as one example); and publishers goof and give the same
ISBN to more than one work. So we need to keep the ISBN as the number
assigned by the publisher (when it does so).
That means that we'll need identifiers for works, expressions,
manifestations, etc. and I know this is a huge problem. Ideas welcome.
kc
p.s. This is a very slow convertation, but my mind just doesn't make
it into the fast lane much these days. I'll try to take a close look
at all of your scenarios over the next few days.
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