[osis-core] references and self-ids Part 2 - Ambiguity between work and reference system

[Patrick Durusau]

Todd,

Todd Tillinghast wrote:

>In January we attempted to simplify by merging the concepts of reference
>system and work into a SINGLE concept.  The assumption was that a work
>is more specific that a reference system and that if a specific work is
>indicated that any "less specific" reference system that the work
>complies with would be derived from the work itself of some other
>source.  It would seem that some of the recent discussion revolves
>around the ambiguity that exists between when an reference system is
>intended and when a work is intended.  Do we intend to continue with no
>distinction between work and reference system?  With the current
>mechanism in the header there seems to be the opportunity to specify
>both.
>
Have only glanced at the following proposal but generally speaking I 
like the idea of a distinction between the work and reference system. I 
think it removes some of the ambiguity that was being interjected by 
merging the two. Not that much more work to make the two explicit, 
although, it can be argued that saying a work follows a particular 
reference system is a claim about the work (unlikely for modern 
(post-Gutenberg) texts or modern editions of older texts, since they 
usually have a fairly explicit reference system). Probably a point only 
of interest to academics and not really relevant at this point.

Patrick



>
>I have a couple of related proposals in the next post.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Todd
>
>

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Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu