Re: Laundry list for NGC

Agreed.  An open pool of cover data is a big enough - and important enough -
job to be going on with.

Let's not bite off more than we can chew... But keep an open mind about
cracking the CD/DVD identification issues down the line and adding them in
then.  There *are* various IS*N codes that would apply to these media... but
none are so widely deployed (yet) as the ISBN.

On 14/12/06 15:41, Tim Spalding wrote:

> I think CDs and DVDs might be biting off too much. So long as there's
> no deep problem with adding them later, what's lost if we start with
> books? What's new and interesting here is the idea of community
> participation and open data. Karen's post<new info to me,
> thanks!<shows there might be problems matching CD and DVD covers to
> library data. Can't we explore what's new with books alone?
>
> Tim
>
> On 12/14/06, Karen Coyle <kcoyle <at> kcoyle.net> wrote:
>> Except for the ISBN, the UPC/EAN code isn't always stored in
>> bibliographic records created in the US. The numbers that are stored for
>> CDs are the publisher numbers ("Philips 422 416-2") and they are not
>> entered in a consistent format, unfortunately. UPC/EANs do seem to be
>> showing up on newer CD records. So getting a link to CDs is going to
>> take some thought. (I looked on Amazon, and CDs seem to be identified
>> only by the ASIN, which Amazon assigns when there isn't another reliable
>> identifier.)
>>
>> I imagine that DVDs will be equally difficult.
>>
>> kc
>>
>> Lynn Reynish wrote:
>>> Hmmmm.... UPC/EAN-code may indeed be an alternative. It would certainly
>>> be no worse than an ISBN.
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>> Anders Ringnér wrote:
>>>> From: "Lynn Reynish" <lreynish <at> RPL.REGINA.SK.CA>
>>>>> This does sound like a great project. However, I will note that ISBN is
>>>>> probably not enough if you want to include CDs and DVDs - most of which
>>>>> don't have ISBNs. Amazon uses an ASIN for these items but I'm not
>>>>> sure if
>>>>> there are any widespread standard numbers in use for CDs or DVDs
>>>>> outside
>>>>> of mainstream Western classical/pop/rock music (which often has a music
>>>>> number). ISBNs have their own problems of course - but at least they
>>>>> exist
>>>>> for a lot of items.
>>>>
>>>> Would using the UPC/EAN-code be an alternative? If we then converted all
>>>> ISBN-10 to ISBN-13, which in fact is identical to the EAN, we'd end up
>>>> with
>>>> the same style of numbers for all objects, regardless of format (book,
>>>> CD,
>>>> DVD and so on). All pictures would be stored by their EAN-code.
>>>>
>>>> /Anders
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lynn Reynish
>>> ILS Librarian
>>> Regina Public Library
>>> lreynish <at> reginalibrary.ca
>>>
>>>
>>
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