Re: Slightly OT: MARC
Lars Heuer <[email protected]>
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Hi Alex, [ISBN] > Have you ever searched for a book by its ISBN only to find books > completely unrelated? Yeah, same ISBNs can be different books in No, I don't I thought the ISBN is a GUUID? It isn't? > But of course we can use both of these to *help* us create an identity > for a book. However, book identity is complex when you dig into Well, my question was "Do we have something like a GUUID in MARC?" Your answer and the answer of Maria seem to deny it. I wonder how someone in the US could exchange information about the book "XY" with DE? This seems to be impossible according to your respond and to the respond of Maria. That's a "bit" strange... So, the conclusion is: We don't have any global identifier? Each library does its own thing? I can't believe that.... Best regards, Lars -- Semagia <http://www.semagia.com/>