Mac, linking fields, as in text, are not machine-actionable links, and
they do not bring together machine-readable or actionable data. They do
give humans the clue that they should do another search, but the
mechanism is not usable for automating linking.
kc
On 10/14/14, 10:25 AM, J. McRee Elrod wrote:
> Karen said:
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>> AA cataloging does not link parts to wholes in a single record ...
> Aren't you forgetting linking fields 773 and 774, which link wholes
> and parts?
>
> Of course UKMARC did a better job of it with 248, which describe the
> whole and parts in one record, as opposed to just linking them.
>
> In the manga situation in the original question, if cataloguing as
> monographs one would use series statement/entry (490/830) to link
> individual volumes to the series; if cataloging as a serial, one could
> have a holding statement, and/or a contents note (505) plus analytic
> entries (7XX).
>
> MARC is a more flexible coding system than some acknowledge.
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