On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:49 AM, jacobbrett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Pavan Chander wrote: > > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:56 AM, jacobbrett <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Here's a list of changes to be made to this style, based upon the above > >> discussion: > >> > >> 1. Remove definitions > >> > > > > I'm not sure what you mean here, I think the page should definitely give > > brief overviews of what the various fields represent (date, country, > > label, > > format, packaging, type, comment etc.) In fact, I'd go as far as to say > > that > > this page is essentially *only* a definition page (longer > > definitions/sections may need to be split into a separate page of > course). > > > > I recommend dropping the "release" suffix in the definition headers. > > Saying > > "Release date", "Release format", etc. is just tedious and unnecessary > > because we're on a release specific documentation page. It's only when > you > > need to (for example) start referring to both artist type and release > type > > that you'd need that additional disambiguation prefix. > > > Brian suggested that: > > Brian Schweitzer wrote: > > > > At the top, you re-define some Data Fields which have their own official > > pages, namely, Release Date, Release Country, Label, Release Catalog > > Number, Barcode, and Release Format. However, your definitions aren't > > exactly the same as the other definitions. In the future, experience > > would seem to indicate that any such "the same thing defined in 2 places" > > will only get worse, as each page gets updated separately. > > > > Example from now: > > > > RE's Release Date: The Release Date describes the day on which the > release > > was first sold in stores. > > > > RD's Release Date: The ReleaseDate is the date in which a release was > made > > available through some sort of distribution mechanism. For example, this > > may be via a retail store, being published as a free download on a > website > > or distributed to industry insiders (in the case of promotional releases) > > amongst other mechanisms. > > > > Perhaps it would be best to leave defining those 6 to their own pages? > > > > Would it be wise to keep a mini-definition of these fields on this style > page, when they may become out-of-sync at some point in the future? I'm > fine > with Brian's suggestion, although I see the use of defining them on this > page too. > I suggest you start modifying the page in line with the feedback you've been given and that we come back to these finer points when we have a more NGS oriented documentation page. Like I've said before, I strongly believe that this page should be a central page that at least touches on everything that pertains to an NGS-release. If you agree with me, great, I look forward to seeing what you come up with. If you disagree with me, great, I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Pavan Chander wrote: > > > > <mass snip> > > > > Fair enough, regarding the removal of the "Release" prefix. I'll change > this. > > I'll create a new RFC doc titled "Identifying Release Details"/"How to > Identify Release Details" (vote on this please :) ?). > > I'll make the edits regarding previous points 3. (move Release Field style > guidelines), 4. (hyperlink keywords), 5. (reword "release made available") > & > 6. (rename doc to "Release Style") also. > > Lastly, I'll Reword instances of "Release Format" with "Medium Format". I > suppose this style would be written something akin to: > > > > Medium Format > > A release may consist of several mediums. For example, a medium could be > a > > CD, Cassette or Vinyl. Release mediums may be structured in the order of > > "CD, CD" (for a two-disc set), or in rarer cases "CD, CD, Vinyl" (for a > > two disc set, with a vinyl record as the third medium). > > > > ---------------------- > > Thank you for the explanation, I'm better understanding how NGS works now! > > Nevermind: > Old = Release Group -> Release (4) -> Release Event > NGS = Release Group -> Release (11)[a] > > [a] (no. Releases * no. Release Events) > Pavan Chander
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