- From: Jon Bosak <bosak@atlantic-83.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:11:00 -0800
- To: tallen@fsc.fujitsu.com
- CC: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
[Terry Allen:] | ISBNs precisely do identify classes of identical physical objects. | The paperback and hardback realizations of the same text (nonphysical | object) printed exactly the same way commonly have different ISBNs. | Furthermore, sloppy publishers sometimes do not change the ISBN of a | book when they issue a revised edition. ISBNs are about the worst | possible illustration of URNs. You're right, that was a terrible example. Legal citations might have been better. Jon
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