Hi,
My response is inline.
> Hi everyone,
>
> after a few weeks of OL editing, I encountered some problems regarding
> consistency of the data I add to OL. Since I found no documentation about
> this, here are my questions:
>
> 1. Are ISBNs integers or do I use the - signs as they are used in the books
> themselves?
It doesn't matter OL accepts both the forms.
> 2. What exactly am I supposed to write in the pagination field?
That is more librarian-ish thing. Usually it looks like "14, 129 p." -
indicating that 14 pages initially, usually with i, ii numbering and then 129
pages.
It is good enough to fill the number of pages field and leave out the
pagination field.
>
> 3. How do I count pages? Only the pages of the story (for a novel) or the
> first and last few also?
Number of pages is total number of pages, as amazon.com counts it.
> 4. Languages of books are given in English if I'm not mistaken. But how do I
> enter city or country names? Munich vs. München.
We don't have a clear policy on this. Most records have been imported from
various library catalogues, which were converting the names to latin using some
encoding.
There are books some books in OL, entered by some users, with titles in
non-english and non-latin languages.
> 5. Why is the city name sometimes in brackets? ex: [Paris]
That is the legacy that we imported from various library catalogs.
> Thanks for taking the time to answer this.
You are welcome! Thanks for improving Open Library!!
Anand
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