Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
> In a way, the MARC bib rec already does what you seem to envision: it
> contains not the entire name record, for example, but only the
> authority form of a name. Which is to be regarded as an identifier
> for the authority record, and many systems do use it as such.
> Important functions in systems are based on that notion. It means,
> however, that these textual elements are doing double duty: to
> display the name AND identify the person or body. That ought to change.
> (European libraries have long since had the better model for this)
>
What model do you use?
kc
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