Hello Irene, If "no." is the top level, and it just increments forever, then you don't need a restart at all. So, something like this (untested):
["2","0","8","1","a","no.","i","(year)","j","(month)","w","q"] Does that do what you are after? If so, I can update the wiki page you referenced. Dan On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Patrick, Irene <[email protected]> wrote: > Now I have another serials prediction question. I’ve got a quarterly that > has issue numbers but no volume numbers. The issue numbers are > continuous. The Evergreen DokuWiki (https://wiki.evergreen-ils. > org/doku.php?id=acq:serials:patterns) provides a sample code for this > pattern under Quarterly: "Quarterly Increments continuously without > Volume." The code is: > > > > ["2","0","8","1","a","no.","i","(year)","j","(month)","w","q","x","01"] > > > > I have tried using this code but it does not work. The Issue number stays > the same for 4 issues and only then increments, whereas the issue number > should be incrementing by 1 for each issue. > > > > I have tried creating my own patterns and have not been able to get them > to work either. They all have the same problem, where the issue number > only increments after the fourth issue. I also tried to insert the $u and > $v information, but that had no effect either, probably because the MFHD > standard says that they can’t be used with the first level of enumeration. > However, the *NASIGuide: Serial Holdings* states that the top level is > assumed to be continuously numbered. If Evergreen were assuming the top > level to be continuously numbered, I would expect the sample pattern code > to work. > > > > Does anyone have a pattern that works for a publication with no volume > number, only issue numbers? Or do we have to do a workaround using some > dummy top level (which I would prefer not to do)? > > > > > > [image: NC_State_Seal PMS 2955]*Irene Patrick* > > Library & Information Management Systems Librarian > N.C. Government & Heritage Library > > State Library of North Carolina > > N.C. Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources > > (919) 807-7413 > > [email protected] > > > > 109 E. Jones Street > <https://maps.google.com/?q=109+E.+Jones+Street&entry=gmail&source=g> | > 4640 Mail Service Center | Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4600 > > > > *Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the* > > *North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.* > > *_____________________________________________________________* > > > > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ncghl> Twitter > <http://www.twitter.com/ncpedia> YouTube > <http://www.youtube.com/statelibrarync> > > >
