First, thanks to those who've written with suggestions -- Jenny Brandis
and Charlotte Moore privately and Bev here, on the list -- please keep
them coming, because even if I don't use a suggestion, every litle bit
helps to clarify, in my mind, what it is i want out of my catalogue.
On Dec 25, 2006, at 21:28, bevw wrote:
What do I name a field which tells me whether it's Bobbin, Needle,
Tatted (Shuttle), etc lace?
Name the field Category?
I like that! Charlotte suggested "lace" but "Lace books" is going to be
the title of the whole list/database/document (whatever <g>)
What do I name a field which tells me that, within BL, it's Point
Ground, or Flanders, or Freehand? Is that "technique"?
Something along the line of 'lace-by-given-name' and just a
suggestion:
you might want sub-divisions for traditional, traditional adapted,
traditional re-invented <g>, modern and/or original.
Goodness, no! :) Or, not as separate fields, at any rate. I can't see
myself ever having to sort things out by those. I still think that
something like "technique" or "style" would be best as the field title.
Then, the rubric can be filled out with "Torchon" or "Torchon, floral"
or "Point Ground, Bucks, geometric" "Point Ground, Tönder", etc.
What I'm after, I think, is a minimum of fields, with each field being
as comprehensive as possible. That is, a field like "binding" in the
template will cover hardbound, softbound, spiral-bound, portfolio,
loose sheets/folder etc.
At least to begin with, when a couple of hundred books will have to be
"hand-fed" into the maw of the machine; eventually, things can be
fine-tuned, if it proves necessary, and more fields added. For the time
being, all the info I don't expect to search by will go into the
grab-bag of "comments" (or "notes". Haven't decided yet).
And what about a
field name which distinguishes a manual from a history book, from a
collection of patterns, from a collection of photograps?
Format?
Um... I don't know... Somehow, I think of "format" as applying more to
things like "hardbound book" vs "magazine" -- which will go into
"binding".
Jenny suggested having fields like "patterns", to be filled in with
"yes" or "no" and a field/fields which would allow for listing contents
(doilies, motifs, edgings, bookmarks, etc) . That didn't quite answer
my needs, since most pattern books are compilations of all or most of
the above but it did suggest a field title of "contents" which might
allow for all sorts of things like "prickings; doilies and edgings",
"photos" "technical tips" etc. Alternatively, "type/contents" would
cover all of those ("type" is thanks to Charlotte). Something to think
about and I'll welcome more food for thought.
Yours, gratefully,
T
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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