Re: [mb-users] Should catalog numbers be capitalised?
lixobix <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:27:15 -0700 (PDT)
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tommycrock wrote > On 22 September 2014 17:18, caller#6 < > callerno6@ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-users If I search for "WAP23", I get: http://musicbrainz.org/release/0e7fb298-5286-4fb6-9cc1-2936799fddd5 If I search for "WAP 23", I get nothing. -- View this message in context: http://musicbrainz.1054305.n4.nabble.com/Should-catalog-numbers-be-capitalised-tp4668218p4668283.html Sent from the MusicBrainz - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.