On 07/08/2011 17:32, Karen Coyle wrote:
<snip>
In the Open Library, where they decided to gather manifestations under
works (as usual, expression was harder to do), all it took was one
record for the manifestation to have a uniform title. I'll illustrate:
Mann, Thomas
[Der zauberberg]
Magic Mountain
Mann, Thomas
[Der zauberberg]
Montagna incantata
Mann, Thomas
Magic Mountain
Mann, Thomas
Montagna incantata
These give you the information you need to bring them together into a
single work even though some records don't have a direct link to the
work. I could imagine a kind of "switching file" with links between
original and translated titles that would remove the need for uniform
titles in the process of "work-ifying" a set of bib records. (Not
unlike OCLC's xISBN service, BTW, only based on titles not identifiers.)
</snip>
So, the links to the individual records are gathered in the collective
record for the work? e.g. http://openlibrary.org/works/OL14866824W.rdf I
see:
<rdf:Description
rdf:about="http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14227095M/";><rdrel:workManifested>
"http://openlibrary.org/works/OL14866824W/";
</rdrel:workManifested><dcterms:title>The magic mountain =: der
Zauberberg</dcterms:title><dcterms:date>1939</dcterms:date></rdf:Description>
with the link to the manifestation in the rdf:about. I don't see a
reciprocal link from the single item
(http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14227095M/) to the work record but that
would be overkill.
Why did you choose that structure? Is it a more efficient use of
computer resources? It seems to work as well as making the links the
other way. The only problem I could see with this type of structure is
that if someone took a copy of the individual record, there would be no
link back to the work record. But within the database, everything seems
fine. Still, if they did as you mentioned, turning it into a switching
file (or whatever it is called), making that openly available, it may
work even then.
--
James Weinheimer weinheimer.ji...@gmail.com
First Thus: http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/
Cooperative Cataloging Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/opencatalogingrules/
