> But if I understand what a holding is, the other two can exist without
> a holding.  The records we prepare for electronic publishers and
> aggregators have no holdings,...
-- Yes, understood perfectly.  

Yours,
Kevin


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> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
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> 
> Michael Mitchell posted:
> 
> >A holding is an integral part of an instance and a work.
> 
> I agree with you that a work can not exist with an instance, and that
> an instance can not exist without a work.
> 
> But if I understand what a holding is, the other two can exist without
> a holding.  The records we prepare for electronic publishers and
> aggregators have no holdings, which is why LAC NUC will not load the
> records (although why a holding is needed when there is an 856$u URL
> for the resource, I fail to understand).
> 
> 
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