Re: Extent

See Jeff's reply in re: Something is better than nothing. That is the 
spirit I hope we are working on this with.

kc

On 2/25/13 7:14 AM, Wallis,Richard wrote:
>> you'd have to write an algorithm to dig through them to discover.....
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> The joy of letting people record structured information in free form text fields - somebody has to eventually clear up your mess!
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> Displaying '1 score (92 p.) ; 31 cm + 4 parts' may have some utility for a human reading the page, but would be next to useless for machine recognition.   In which case I think recommending that we mark it up is a best pointless and at worst misleading as to the sharing effects it might have.
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> ~Richard
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> On 25 Feb 2013, at 15:59, "Karen Coyle" <kcoyle@kcoyle.net> wrote:
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>> On 2/25/13 12:38 AM, Richard Wallis wrote:
>>> On 25/02/2013 04:46, "Karen Coyle" <kcoyle@kcoyle.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>     One thing that seems to be missing from the CreativeWork is "extent".
>>>     Book has "number of pages", Movie and MusicRecording each have
>>>     "duration". But I don't see an easy way to capture
>>>
>>>     1 sound file (13 hr., 31 min.)
>>>     2 volumes
>>>     3 sound discs (4 hrs.)
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. is something we need to look at – in representing multi-volume works ?
>>>
>>> 1 & 3 both hold two elements ‘duration’ which we have, and format –
>>> which we are, I believe, discussing in other threads.
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>> Yes, these have duration in them, meaning-wise, but these are just plain strings and you'd have to write an algorithm to dig through them to discover if it's duration or something else:
>>
>> 3 maps (4 plates)
>> 53 leaves
>> . – 1 score (92 p.) ; 31 cm + 4 parts
>>
>> So I'm thinking that it is best to allow these to be displayed as just chunks of text (from the MARC 300 $a or the ISBD physical description area, or equivalent).
>>
>> kc
>>
>>>
>>> Just because library and other records have been mashing these kinds of
>>> things together – it is a habit we should not feel obliged to continue.
>>>
>>> ~Richard.
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