Re: [mb-users] Should catalog numbers be capitalised?

Alex Mauer wrote
> On 9/21/2014 12:56 PM, Ian McEwen wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 12:29:41PM -0500, Alex Mauer wrote:
>>> On 9/18/2014 10:38 AM, caller#6 wrote:
>>>> On 09/17/2014 03:48 PM, lixobix wrote:
>>>>> Should catalog numbers be capitalised, or should they be entered as
>>>>> shown?
>>>>
>>>> Where possible, I'd prefer to use the form that the label uses in
>>>> printed catalogs or on web pages over the form used on an individual
>>>> release (assuming there's a difference).
>>>
>>> It seems completely wrong to me to use a source other than the release
>>> for this information. MB is about the releases, not about some website
>>> or printed catalog.
>>>
>>
>> MusicBrainz is about neither,
> 
> OK, fair enough; MusicBrainz *release entities* are about the releases 
> though, IMO. For an entity that represented the catalog itself or the 
> label, it's appropriate to normalize; but not for the release.
> 
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FWIW I think the spacing, dashes etc are the most important part to keep. It
should be possible to view a label's releases as sorted by catno. which
would not work correctly if there were inconsistencies. I appreciate that
this sorting is not possible at present, but hopefully it will be
implemented in the future.

Considering that we standardise the capitalisation for artist, release, and
title, I don't see why we would then decide that catnos are an exception,
and should be added as on the release. That said, I would not object to the
'as on release' approach for all of these, as at least for the first three,
we have separate entities that are standardised, i.e. artist (in MB as
opposed to as credited on release), release group, and recording. That would
be a wider debate though. At present the principle is to standardise, so
that principle should apply to catnos.



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