Dear Next generation catalogs for libraries list readers,
Jim Weinheimer made the comment below. If this matter concerns you, help is
available via the PERSNAME-L, which exists for the very purpose of aiding
with issues about personal names. Where computers don't do the job, human
brains (when switched on and connected) can succeed. Next generation
catalogs for libraries readers: If interested, please subscribe.
To subscribe to PERSNAME-L, follow this link
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Ian Fairclough
Marion (Ohio) Public Library
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How can AI differentiate between the following list of David Johnsons, and
determine that it is not any of these and there needs to be a new one?
(taken from the LCNAF. Just the first page!)
Johnson, David
Johnson, David, 1782-1855
Johnson, David, 1906-
Johnson, David, 1922-1987
Johnson, David, 1927-
Johnson, David, 1933-
Johnson, David, 1935-
Johnson, David, 1936-
Johnson, David, 1938-
Johnson, David, 1940-
Johnson, David, 1941-
Johnson, David, 1942 Aug. 2-
Johnson, David, 1942 June 23-
Johnson, David, 1942 Oct. 27-
Johnson, David, 1943-
Johnson, David, 1946-
Johnson, David, 1946 Aug. 23-
Johnson, David, 1946 May 5-
Received on Fri Aug 31 2007 - 09:16:17 EDT