Re: [RDA-L] Hardback paperback, and their ISBN

Henry Lam he...@silas.org.sg wrote: 2. ISBN + qualifier: b. One of the objective of RDA is to make data become more data, more usable to the machine. The qualifier is not part of the identifier. Putting two data in one MARC subfield seems to me contradicting to this objective. This

Re: [RDA-L] Hardback paperback, and their ISBN

-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Henry Lam Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 1:45 AM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: [RDA-L] Hardback paperback, and their ISBN Hi all I hope

Re: [RDA-L] Hardback paperback, and their ISBN

In principle I agree with Mac. It's straightforward when hardback and paperback are on the same record in OCLC. However, I think when best records in OCLC carry ISBN of the hardback or paperback, but not both, it can be a judgement call. Perhaps the paperback came out too late to be included in