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

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On 22 September 2014 17:18, caller#6 <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 09/21/2014 06:21 PM, Alex Mauer wrote:
> > 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.
>
> If there's value to storing the as-on-cover catno in a text field (we
> already have it in cover art, hopefully), then I agree that no
> normalization should be done until we have a way to store both forms
> (as-on-cover and normalized).
>
> But I'm not clear on what that value is.
>

I guess where differences in the various ways of presenting the catno would
reduce searchability or automated matching, depending on the particular
version you had available

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On 22 September 2014 17:18, caller#6 <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</s=
pan> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">On 09/21/201=
4 06:21 PM, Alex Mauer wrote:<br>
&gt; OK, fair enough; MusicBrainz *release entities* are about the releases=
<br>
&gt; though, IMO. For an entity that represented the catalog itself or the<=
br>
&gt; label, it&#39;s appropriate to normalize; but not for the release.<br>
<br>
</span>If there&#39;s value to storing the as-on-cover catno in a text fiel=
d (we<br>
already have it in cover art, hopefully), then I agree that no<br>
normalization should be done until we have a way to store both forms<br>
(as-on-cover and normalized).<br>
<br>
But I&#39;m not clear on what that value is.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I guess where differences in the various w=
ays of presenting the catno would reduce searchability or automated matchin=
g, depending on the particular version you had available<br></div></div><br=
></div></div>

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