Re: [ol-discuss] Zero works

2013-09-02 Thread Karen Coyle
On 9/2/13 3:30 AM, Patrick Conley wrote: Zero works means that there is an edition linked with this author but not a work. A long time ago work pages were created for most of the editions, but not for all editions. BTW: Imho it would be helpful if OL would distinguish between a person

Re: [ol-discuss] Zero works

2013-09-02 Thread Richard Light
On 02/09/2013 03:30, Patrick Conley wrote: BTW: Imho it would be helpful if OL would distinguish between a person (an individual author) and a name (VIAF used the term undifferentiated). As Tom has mentioned, there is firstly a distinction to make between individuals and corporate bodies,

Re: [ol-discuss] Zero works

2013-09-02 Thread fabian
This involves some careful thinking, not least because various culture workers have adopted a practice which questions the role of the author: Multiple names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-use_name Here a name may be used precisely to provoke ambiguity, and where a name is used in that