From: "Phil Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> > Also, does anyone put a version number or a date on their tunes? It
> > seems
> > like everytime I pass out music to my band it gets written on and I
> > have to
> > change something and print it out again. It's sometimes hard to tell
> > which
> > is the newest copy. Is there a particular field you use for that?
> >
>
> Z: is for transcription info: transcriber's name, date etc.  A version
> number
> would seem appropriate here.

Hmm, don't know there. From my view point at folkinfo, we already record
date and time of last update and for more significant updates give a reason
for it (shown on a list of recent changes as are songs added). I could
easily carry the info for something like an abc correction (one we always do
note - it's just minor spelling corrections we ignore) into the pdf we
provide for printing but modifying the Z for the abc itself is one I'd
prefer to avoid. Z may or may not exist, may or may not have version numbers
already added, etc. The alternative for us would be for me to try to
persuade the few I can get to contribute on the editing side not only
changing the entry on our "changes record" but also updating a version/date
and time on the Z...

>From that sort of perspective, a field designated for version information
would be nice. I would not need to hold that in the abc field of the
database but could just add it to the abc requested.

Jon

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