On Dec 5, 2003, at 3:33 PM, Andrew E Switala wrote: > <mods> > <note>journal article</note> > <genre authority="marcgt"><!-- technical report, essay, survey of > literature, etc. --></genre> > <relatedItem type="host"> > <genre authority="marcgt">periodical</genre> > </relatedItem> > </mods> [...snip...] > Where's the ambiguity? Surely it's a bad idea to depend on a generic and uncontrolled note for data portability and formatting reliability. Bruce