> Since the name of the distributor is encoded in a separate 260 $b from
 > the name of the publisher, also 260 $b, is there any mechanism built
 > into BIBFRAME's transformation engine to distribute these into their
 > respective bf:publishedBy and bf:distributedBy slots?

-- Not at present, but thanks for the specific example! We're not crazy 
about having to build in these types of exceptions, but we also 
recognize the inevitability.

Quick question:  When one encounters something like this, is it safe to 
assume that it was distributed from New York also in 2000?

Yours,
Kevin


On 07/31/2014 05:51 PM, Mark K. Ehlert wrote:
> Ford, Kevin <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>      > e.g. Paris : Gauthier-Villars; Chicago : University of Chicago
>     Press, 1955.
>
>       Yeah, I knew this would come up pretty quick.
>
>
> There are other hairier variations too.  Here's one that brings up an
> additional question:
>
>   New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2000.
>
> From: <http://lccn.loc.gov/99040733>
>
> Since the name of the distributor is encoded in a separate 260 $b from
> the name of the publisher, also 260 $b, is there any mechanism built
> into BIBFRAME's transformation engine to distribute these into their
> respective bf:publishedBy and bf:distributedBy slots?
>
>
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