Frances Dean McNamara wrote:
> So, why aren't we keeping the Authorities LCCN in name fields? Then we could link to some interesting stuff, like OCLC Identities, or later other registries of authors.
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Yes! We really ought to be doing that, we REALLY REALLY ought to be
doing that. In any MARC field that is 'authorized' by a national (or
international) authority file, some sub-field in that field should
include the control number identifying the authority record that
authorizes it. (or another identifier uniquely identifying the authority
record, perhaps as a URI).
This is something that doesn't seem like it would be that hard to do,
and would _immensely_ aid software in making effective use of all the
authority work and assignments we're already doing.
And it certainly can hypothetically be done in MARC, or in _any_ record
format that's flexible enough to handle it.
Jonathan
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Received on Thu Apr 23 2009 - 12:04:17 EDT