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gils: Re: Cross Reference Definition

Re: Cross Reference Definition

Turner Fay (fst@ITS.NLC-BNC.CA)
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:42:00 -0700 (PDT) 

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:42:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Turner Fay <fst@ITS.NLC-BNC.CA>
Subject: Re: Cross Reference Definition
To: GILS Forum <gils@cni.org>
Message-Id: <323D9186@its.nlc-bnc.ca>


Steve,

I appreciate your concern.  However, my suggestion was not intended to 
discourage the creation of locator records but rather provide links to 
pertinent resources which may never have a GILS record or for those 
which may eventually have one. I think it is more important to provide 
a relevant cross reference than to restrict Cross Reference to only 
other GILS records. 


Fay


Fay Turner
<fst@its.nlc-bnc.ca>

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> 
> Fay,
>
> Wouldn't that proposal have the effect of weakening the commitment to
> creating good locator records?  If it is worthwhile to provide a cross
> reference to a relevant information resource, then it is probably
> worthwhile to create a locator record describing that information
> resource.  Users who followed the cross-reference would have the
> benefit of reviewing a description of the related resource, formatted
> in a familiar manner.
>
> In the US Federal GILS, it is already hard enough to get information
> stewards to create locator records -- the proposal would remove one
> of the arguments that can be used to persuade them to create a locator
> record for the "related resource".
>
> Steve Hufford, US Environmental Protection Agency
>
>
> On 09/13/96, Fay Turner <fst@ITS.NLC-BNC.CA> wrote:
> >
> > Subject: Cross Reference Definition
> >
> > While we are tinkering away with the Profile definitions, how does the
> > GILS group feel about expanding the definition of Cross Reference to
> > include not just "another locator record" but also "other related
> > information resources" which may not have a locator record but can be
> > accessed electronically?  This is supported by the NARA Guidelines and
> > makes sense for inclusion in the profile.
> >
> > Definition: This element is a grouping of subelements that together
> > identify another locator record "or related information resources"
> > likely to be of interest.
> >
> > Fay
> >
> >
> > Fay Turner
> > <fst@its.nlc-bnc.ca>

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