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But discographies on-line can be corrected. A Wikopedia type structure might work- corrections by peer review, signed, should be a good starting place. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Fitzgerald" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] discographies > At 09:17 PM 10/17/2005, Steve Smolian wrote: >>Which is a great reason for publishing them on line. > > But only if you've got access to the correct info! > > Leaving aside the plagiarism issues, copying a ton of stuff straight out > of a book is very ambitious and it takes time and effort. However - in the > end you only get what was already in the book (if you're careful enough > not to introduce copying errors). And if you start with decades-old books > (like jazzdisco.org has done), you aren't aware that Roland Kirk's Argo > record has actually been released on more than just the original Argo LP. > > Every discography I've done *improves* what is in the books, by including > quantitatively more data (timings, composers, release dates, studios, > track sequences, etc. etc.). > > And if you are going to do an electronic discography, a sophisticated > database is the way to go. I can immediately generate a song index, > personnel index, etc. Can't be done if you just keep typing text into a > word processor. The formatting may look the same, but the functionality is > quite different. > > Then there's the data exchange feature that allows information to be > transferred and for multiple users to collaborate on a single discography. > > Then there's the subject of authority control. The jazzdisco.org site > doesn't know that "Bill Green" and "William Green" are the same LA studio > guy. Or the even more important fact that "Jamil Nasser" and "George > Joyner" are the same bassist. They just copied what some book said, > without doing any research. Which is why I don't trust and can't recommend > them. > > Mike > > > mike at JazzDiscography.com > http://www.JazzDiscography.com > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.2/140 - Release Date: 10/18/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.2/140 - Release Date: 10/18/2005