There isn't really a good solution to this currently. OpenLibrary is kind of caught between existing library cataloging practice only catalogs editions, not works, and keeps all volumes together on a single edition record; and the needs of Internet Archive to have individual volumes recorded so that they match up with the scanning.
Supporting multi-volume editions would require additional engineering work as well as a change in current practices. It's worth noting that a similar situation exists currently with translations. Translated editions are all collected together in the same work with original language editions. This is, I believe, the correct way to do it, but because there's no easy way to filter by language, the pile of editions can be quite a jumble for popular works. Tom On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Hi-storian <[email protected]> wrote: > See my email, below for details. > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Open Library Support" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:15:00 PM > *Subject: *Re: Support case *Other* > > > > Hi and thank you for contacting us, > > Yep, there is no non-mess way to do this at this time and I'm actually > not even sure if there's a standard way to do it for the way our records > are currently imported. You're welcome to asdk on the ol-tech list to > see if someone there has a little more insight into the meta-aspects > than I do. Details are on this page (the archives link is wrong but > otherwise the page is accurate) > > https://openlibrary.org/community > > Thanks for using openlibrary.org and archive.org > > The Open Library Team/jw > [email protected] > > On 2/18/16 11:54 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Description: > > > > I understand the nature and relation between Work records and Editions > records, but I have a question that doesn't seem to be answered in your FAQ > anywhere. > > > > How do you enter an Edition that contains multiple volumes. In theory, > you should be able to create multiple volume records under the Edition > record, just as you create multiple Edition records under a Work record. > > > > I'm assuming the work around is to enter each separate volume as a new > "Edition" ... but that's not quite right. It would create a mess that > would quickly be confusing. After all, the 1st Edition may have 2 volumes, > the 2nd Edition 4 volumes, the 3rd edition 6 volumes .... Imagine how > confusing if the volumes are all jumbled up without being clearly set > together within an Edition. > > > > Is there a way to do this correctly, of is this a feature "in the works" > for a later release? What should I do in the meantime so records don't > have to be re-entered? > > > > Thanks! Hi-storian > > > > A new support case has been filed by Hi-storian <[email protected] > >. > > > > Topic: Other > > URL: https://openlibrary.org > > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 > Firefox/44.0 > > OL-username: Hi-storian > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] >
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