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BIBFRAME May 2013

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Re: What's an instance?

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Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]>

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Sat, 18 May 2013 15:39:13 -0700

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In terms of defining "Instance," rather than relying on a single data
element (ISBN or Music publisher number, or whatever) it would be better
to define an instance as anything that has a publisher and/or physical
format statement. (That may not be the only criterion, but I don't know
what the appropriate discerning data elements are for physical objects
and archival collections - perhaps someone can help.) This then works
for those many items without an ISBN (e.g. all non-books and everything
before the 1970's).

This would generally create a one-to-one between MARC records and
instances for the transfer of previously coded bibliographic data, while
allowing libraries to create multiple instances where they find them
appropriate. A single instance could have multiple ISBNs, or none, of
course. Libraries adding copies where they consider the new Instance to
be insignificant could add the ISBN to the current Instance record or
even in their acquisitions module if it is needed for accounting.

I'd like to hear from others, especially public libraries, if this meets
their needs.

kc


On 5/17/13 12:24 PM, Ford, Kevin wrote:
>> What your potential users (who may choose to become non-users pretty
>> quickly) are telling you is that they have chosen this method because
>> they do NOT want to present two different options to users where those
>> options are not meaningful to the user.
> -- By "user," I take it you to mean "patron" (this is fine, just want to be clear who the user is). In that case, this is a display issue, and not directly within the the scope of BIBFRAME. Do I think displays should find a graceful way to deal with such a skimpy Instance? Absolutely. Is it within the scope of BIBFRAME to solve that problem the issue of UI design? No.
>
> More importantly, it should be borne in mind that this is first and foremost about data representation and exchange. The BIBFRAME model need not determine how underlying systems store, crunch, or manage the data.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 2:53 PM
>> To:[log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] What's an instance?
>>
>> On 5/17/13 10:27 AM, Ford, Kevin wrote:
>>> That said, we also recognize that the publisher and physical
>> description information in a MARC record with multiple ISBNs pertains
>> to only one of those ISBNs. In the case of a MARC record with two
>> ISBNs, one for the hard back and one for a paperback, a decision will
>> have to be made which ISBN the publication and physical description
>> information should be associated with.
>>
>> Kevin,
>>
>> With a record with this:
>>
>> 020 0805028188
>> 020 0030018889
>> 040 |dCStRLIN
>> 099 Mystery|aGrafton, S
>> 100 1 Grafton, Sue
>> 245 10 "C" is for corpse :|ba Kinsey Millhone mystery /|cSue
>> Grafton
>> 260 New York :|bH. Holt,|cc1986
>>
>> There is nothing to say which is the "hardback" and which the
>> "paperback". In fact, unless you look these up elsewhere, there isn't a
>> way to know. (They are both "hardbacks" but one appears to be the more
>> expensive and sturdy library binding, both issued simultaneously by the
>> publisher.)
>>
>> But that's not the point. *This* is the point:
>>> This will result in some skimpy Instance resources, but that does
>> not invalidate the principle.
>>
>> What your potential users (who may choose to become non-users pretty
>> quickly) are telling you is that they have chosen this method because
>> they do NOT want to present two different options to users where those
>> options are not meaningful to the user. All of these "skimpy Instance
>> resources" will be deemed to result in poor user service. And although
>> there will not be a large number of these in Library of Congress
>> records, they will abound in the records of public libraries,
>> especially for popular materials.
>>
>> Now, you can argue that libraries have been wrong to do this all along,
>> and that may be so, but what is being said is that separating out
>> instances using the ISBN is not going to give libraries the results
>> they want, and those front-line librarians will be the ones trying to
>> help users navigate this.
>>
>> Surely there are other options.
>>
>> kc
>>
>>> Further, it actually creates divisions in the data where one would
>> want divisions. Depending on the scenario, an enterprising cataloger -
>> holding the paperback version - may discover a pre-existing Instance
>> resource based on the ISBN (and its relationship to the correct Work)
>> and record a fuller description of the Instance (for the paperback).
>>> We are very much aware of the cataloging practices in the past.
>> We're looking forward to a bibliographic ecosystem of the future, where
>> we hope to see a greater demarcation between things.
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
>>>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 11:23 AM
>>>> To:[log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] What's an instance?
>>>>
>>>> Kevin, what people are telling you is that there is a good reason
>> why
>>>> libraries do not create separate records for things like hardcopy v.
>>>> trade paperback, and they would not want separate instances for
>> these.
>>>> This is a decision that was made many, many decades ago. The data
>>>> that you will have in those MARC records will be identical for the
>>>> two ISBNs, which means that the record does not describe both. You
>>>> only have one instance description.
>>>>
>>>> kc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/17/13 7:27 AM, Ford, Kevin wrote:
>>>>> Thanks, Jörg.
>>>>>
>>>>> One very quick point:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do not rely on ISBN as a unique
>>>>>> identifier.
>>>>> -- Just to be absolutely clear, we're not trying to use an ISBN as
>>>>> an
>>>> identifier. Indeed, relating Instances that use the same ISBN is
>> not
>>>> even in our view at present (and may never be, for all the reasons
>>>> given about ISBNs to date). Likewise, there are no plans to relate
>>>> Works that have Instances that share ISBNs. But, if we have a MARC
>>>> record with three different ISBNs in it, as a general rule, we are
>>>> making the assumption that each represents a distinct Instance of
>> the
>>>> Work being described (in our records there are often two ISBNs - one
>>>> for the hard cover and the other for the paper back). Now, the
>>>> calculus will change if we can reasonably determine we are dealing
>>>> with a MARC record that describes a multi-volume Work, for example.
>>>> The three ISBNs could mean something different in such a scenario.
>>>>> *Per MARC record*, ISBNs offer a guide to splitting said MARC
>> record
>>>> into a BIBFRAME Work and one or more BIBFRAME Instances.
>>>>> Yours,
>>>>> Kevin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
>>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jörg Prante
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:19 AM
>>>>>> To:[log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] What's an instance?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kevin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes, I can run an analysis over a snapshot of our union catalog
>>>>>> comprising of around 4.847.212 ISBNs. It will take some time to
>>>> write
>>>>>> the code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Due to the official policy of the ISBN agencies, the reuse was
>>>>>> strictly forbidden - but the ISBN number pool is segmented into
>>>>>> countries and their publishers, which take charge over the number
>>>>>> use. There is no technical mechanism to enforce correct use or to
>>>>>> grant or revoke ISBNs by a third party. Beside applying the same
>>>> ISBN
>>>>>> to different editions, there are other cases. Some publishers
>>>>>> wanted to save resources and simply broke the ISBN rules when they
>>>>>> ran out of money (or they were rejected from receiving more ISBN
>> numbers).
>>>>>> They started to recycle ISBNs of books they had out of print for
>>>> many
>>>>>> years, hoping no one will ever notice. Or, publishers did not
>>>> properly file their ISBN pool usage.
>>>>>> For example, when publishers took over other publisher's business
>>>> and
>>>>>> their ISBN pools, there was no safe way of verifying what ISBNs
>>>>>> were already taken or not. ISBN was in active use as primary
>>>>>> identifiers in ISBN registers for no longer than 5 or 10 years.
>>>>>> It's giving us headaches for a very long time. Do not rely on ISBN
>>>>>> as a unique identifier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jörg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 16.05.13 23:54, schrieb Ford, Kevin:
>>>>>>> Is there any way to quantify, for example, how often
>>>>>>> publishers
>>>>>> actually reuse ISBNs in different editions (is that even
>> tecnically
>>>>>> permitted?)?
>>>> --
>>>> Karen Coyle
>>>> [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
>>>> ph: 1-510-540-7596
>>>> m: 1-510-435-8234
>>>> skype: kcoylenet
>> --
>> Karen Coyle
>> [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
>> ph: 1-510-540-7596
>> m: 1-510-435-8234
>> skype: kcoylenet

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Karen Coyle
[log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net
ph: 1-510-540-7596
m: 1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet

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