On 6/21/12 12:24 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > It sounds like people are only talking about a single type of series, > but I think there's more under the surface than this. > > Freebase models (at least) two different types of series: > > http://www.freebase.com/view/book/literary_series > http://www.freebase.com/view/book/book_edition_series
We seem to lack a coherent terminology (and related definition) for the various types of series. This book, published by the library association, refers to books that could be read in a particular order with the same or similar characters (etc.) as 'sequels': http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2418 I've also heard reference to "publisher's series" (e.g. Vintage Modern Library). And, to complicate matters, their are journals that are part of a series. I note also that in the same area of the online store there are lots of what are called "reader's advisory" books -- books to help librarians help people find a "good book" to read. It would be great if these were openly available, but they are not. They cover just about everything: history, young adult romance, horror stories, etc. I know that some folks are nervous about "official guides" to literature ("how could anyone else know what I should read?") but as long as you know who is doing the recommending you can decide whether to pay attention to it or not. I think that the big issue today is not having every possible book available (digitally or otherwise) but making a good choice among the millions that are out there. Anything to help people make this choice is good, and even better if it's not only based on sales or hoped-for sales. kc > > The later is for editions, as its name implies, as opposed to works, > so the series are typically put together by publishers as opposed to > authors. I think it's useful to be able to model both types of series > (Harlequin Romance #1347 would probably belong to the latter type). > > There's also http://www.freebase.com/view/comic_books/comic_book_series > since comic books tend to be modeled differently than traditional > literary works. > > All types allow for modeling hierarchy of series so that you can > describe super/sub-series. > > Tom > > p.s. ISFD also has both Series and Publication Series e.g. > http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?579 > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
