David, sorry my message was unclear and I should have given the example
for this particular case. My objection is not over the need to add more
complex conditional logic to the MARC holdings parsing code. The
exception to the rule is, after all, documented.
What I take issue with is the fact
War is hell, right? Lately we have been dealing with a particular
combination of two circles of the metadata Inferno: the first (limbo)
and sixth (heresy):
The limbo I'll define as a poorly designed metadata spec: the MARC
holdings standard. The poor design in question is the ambiguity of
is paramount.
-sm
--
Stephen Meyer
Library Application Developer
UW-Madison Libraries
436 Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
sme...@library.wisc.edu
608-265-2844 (ph)
Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all.
- Andrew Bird, Tables and Chairs
apologies for sending this to the list, but i am not getting a response
for my email address when using the request new password page on
code4lib.org.
is this working?
thanks,
-sm
--
Stephen Meyer
Library Application Developer
UW-Madison Libraries
312F Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison
, and have a sense that you haven't
accidentally missed anything. (Ignore, for the moment, all the books
that happen to be checked out and not on the shelf...)
Keith
--
Stephen Meyer
Library Application Developer
UW-Madison Libraries
312F Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
[EMAIL
