Yes, there is no way to split an edition from work right now. Anand
On 25-Jul-2012, at 4:29 AM, Ben Companjen wrote: > That is indeed the behaviour I expected from your 'experiment description'. :) > > The edit form is sort of hybrid: you can edit the Work and Edition at > the same time, if you enter the edit form either from an edition page, > or from a work page with only one edition. In the latter case, the > edit form jumps to the edition information tab automatically after > loading. > > The top two fields belong to the Work (and are empty when a new work > is created for a previously work-less edition), just like the first > three tabs "What's it about?", "Add excerpts" and "Links". So > everything you change in those fields is saved to the Work record. And > even when you don't touch any Work field and only edit Edition > information, a new revision of the Work is saved. (That is what I > meant earlier.) > I don't think there is anything in place that creates a new work when > the work information is too different from the current edition > information - the edit form's behaviour is complicated enough without > such hidden behaviour. > > Ben > > On 25 July 2012 00:34, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Wow, that was unexpected. I changed the edition that I had listed to >> have the correct Work title, it changed the Work title for all of them. >> Ben, that's probably what you meant about it saving the unchanged Work >> as well? I'll wait and see if it gets sorted out, but you can look at >> the versions here: >> >> http://openlibrary.org/works/OL72908W/Miko._It_was_me_Mom!?m=history >> >> I looked up the Miko books in WorldCat and they all start with "Miko." >> then are followed by the edition name. >> >> http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=miko >> >> That will be because that's how the titles are on the books themselves. >> >> kc >> >> On 7/24/12 3:19 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: >>> Ben, I'm sure they can't be "moved" in a kind of mechanical sense, but >>> have you tried changing the underlying edition data? The question then >>> is whether they get re-evaluated for Work "belonging" based on the new >>> data. If there is no re-evaluation process based on updates, then my >>> suggestion won't work. >>> >>> I do recall that we've talked about this or something very like this in >>> the past, but I don't remember the outcome. >>> >>> kc >>> >>> p.s. I'll try a few and see if anything happens. >>> >>> On 7/24/12 12:26 PM, Ben Companjen wrote: >>>> As far as I know, editions that have a work cannot be moved to another >>>> work using the edit form. If my understanding is correct, you would >>>> need a script and API access to correct it. >>>> As a side note: I noticed that (sometimes?) when you update >>>> information about the edition (on the 'edition' tab), the unchanged >>>> work is saved too. >>>> Only editions without a work will be assigned a new work when edited. >>>> >>>> And I don't think editions (or works) can be merged by normal users yet. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Ben >>>> >>>> On 24 July 2012 18:57, Sarah Breau <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I recall there was some discussion here a few months ago about managing >>>>> editions. I ask because I was working on a book that is in a series, and >>>>> for >>>>> some reason all the books in the series are grouped together as one work. >>>>> I >>>>> need to split them into separate works, but can't figure out how to do it. >>>>> Also, can we merge duplicate editions yet? >>>>> >>>>> Sarah >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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] >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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] > _______________________________________________ > 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
