Re: [libdb-develop] Don't Look At This Demo

[Morbus I. <mo...@di...>]

 >it is analogous to how MODS deals with locations:
 >
 ><location>
 >    <physicalLocation>whatever</physicalLocation>
 ></location>
 >
 ><location>
 >    <url dateLastAccessed="2003-10-21">http://www.example</url>
 ></location>
 >
 >Is that right?  (Note, though: MODS doesn't actually have such an
 >attribute, but it does have "authority" and "displayLabel", which could
 >be used for this sort of thing)

In essence, yes (though, I'm not sure how I'd represent dLA).
The MODS exporter of LibDB would have to be hardcoded to *know*
that a URI identifier belongs as a <url> <location> though. That's
not too worrisome though, because any sort of conversion format has
to know about to/from in a hardcoded sorta way.

 >> From an "FRBR model" standpoint, it really doesn't. FRBR mentions that
 >> an item is located somewhere, but it doesn't set out to conceptualize
 >> "location" as anything but a relationship/attribute.
 >
 >Which is a problem in the real world.  Clearly the FRBR is a
 >meta-model; it solely defines broad structures.  But implementations
 >need to sort out these details.  I'm not exactly sure how to deal with
 >this, but I get the feeling there's an elegant way to do just that.

Welp, what are your requirements for a "location"?

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