I don't disagree, but I think this is a new discussion about how OL models the bibliographic world. Unfortunately, I can only attempt to output what has been modeled. I suspect there are numerous points where we could discuss the model being used.
kc Quoting Tom Morris <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Rob Styles <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So the question is does OL want to talk about a subject heading and >> a bibliographic entity that are different things both referring in >> some way to the same person, or just refer to the same person. >> >> Both are possible to model and both are perfectly valid, but having >> the bibliographic entity and the subject heading does introduce >> complexity from the library that most people don't immediately >> understand. >> > > I'm not convinced separate entities makes sense even in the context of > a library, but it's definitely going to confuse real world users. > Intentionally introducing such an archaic concept into a modern design > seems wrong to me. > > For what it's worth Freebase uses a single entry for the author, the > book subject, the film subject, the person the glacier was named > after, the influencer of other academics, etc. > http://www.freebase.com/view/en/knud_johan_victor_rasmussen > > To my mind, these linkages are where the power is and forcing > indirection through an artificial entity like a card catalog card just > weakens the linkages and makes them harder to follow. > > Tom > > [25 lines of .sig, advertising, and corporate privacy notices elided] > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
