Subject: Re: Revisit: Merge GILS Attribute Set into Bib-1
Fay Turner (fay.turner@nlc-bnc.ca)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 15:59:58 -0500
Message-Id: <01BD37CF.458A4750@fay.turner@nlc-bnc.ca> From: fay.turner@nlc-bnc.ca (Fay Turner) To: 'GILS Forum' <gils@cni.org> Subject: Re: Revisit: Merge GILS Attribute Set into Bib-1 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 15:59:58 -0500
On Wed, Feb 11, 1998, Eliot Christian <echristi@usgs.gov> wrote:
>
> As you may recall, I proposed in July to the ZIG and GILS communities
> that we would fold into the Bib-1 Attribute Set those GILS Use
> Attributes that are not there now. It was also suggested that the GILS
> Use Attributes would retain their currently registered Use Attribute
> numbers. Reportedly, this proposal was not objectionable in itself, but
> the suggestion to retain the current numbers caused it to fail. (A
> clash with STAS attribute numbers was cited, for example.)
>
> I think we have good consensus that this proposal would greatly enhance
> Z39.50 interoperability. For current GILS implementors, the issue boils
> down to a trade-off between the implementor hassle for adding use
> attribute numbers versus the searcher hassle for needing to distinguish
> which servers/databases support GILS versus STAS, CIMI, etc. attribute
> sets.
>
> So, I am raising the proposal again to the ZIG and GILS communities, but
> without the constraint of retaining the current Use Attribute numbers.
> If the proposal is accepted, we anticipate that the GILS Attribute Set
> would be deprecated in the GILS profile favor of the following Bib-1 Use
> Attributes:
>
> GILS Bib-1 Corresponding GILS Element Name
>
> 2057 1112 Controlled-Subject-Index
> 2036 1113 Subject-Thesaurus
> 2002 1114 Subject-Terms-Controlled
> 2074 1115 Controlled-Term
> 2058 1080 Uncontrolled Term
> 2059 1116 Spatial-Domain
> 2060 1117 Bounding-Coordinates
> 2038 1118 West-Bounding-Coordinate
> 2039 1119 East-Bounding-Coordinate
> 2040 1120 North-Bounding-Coordinate
> 2041 1121 South-Bounding-Coordinate
> 2061 1122 Place
> 2043 1123 Place-Keyword-Thesaurus
> 2042 1124 Place-Keyword
> 2062 1125 Time-Period
> 2045 1126 Time-Period-Textual
> 2044 1127 Time-Period-Structured
> 2072 1128 Beginning-Date
> 2073 1129 Ending-Date
> 2063 1130 Availability
> 2000 1131 Distributor
> 2001 1132 Distributor-Name
> 2006 1133 Distributor-Organization
> 2007 1134 Distributor-Street-Address
> 2008 1135 Distributor-City
> 2009 1136 Distributor-State-Or-Province
> 2010 1137 Distributor-Zip-Or-Postal-Code
> 2011 1138 Distributor-Country
> 2012 1139 Distributor-Network-Address
> 2013 1140 Distributor-Hours-of-Service
> 2014 1141 Distributor-Telephone
> 2015 1142 Distributor-Fax
> 2016 1143 Resource-Description
> 2064 1144 Order-Process
> 2017 1145 Order-Information
> 2054 1146 Cost
> 2055 1147 Cost-Information
> 2018 1148 Technical-Prerequisites
> 2065 1149 Available-Time-Period
> 2020 1150 Available-Time-Textual
> 2019 1151 Available-Time-Structured
> 2069 1152 Available-Linkage
> 2022 1153 Linkage-Type
> 2021 1154 Linkage
> 2035 1155 Sources-Of-Data
> 2037 1156 Methodology
> 2066 1157 Access-Constraints
> 2004 1158 General-Access-Constraints
> 2052 1159 Originator-Dissemination-Control
> 2053 1160 Security-Classification-Control
> 2005 1161 Use-Constraints
> 2067 1162 Point-Of-Contact
> 2023 1163 Contact-Name
> 2024 1164 Contact-Organization
> 2025 1165 Contact-Street-Address
> 2026 1166 Contact-City
> 2027 1167 Contact-State-Or-Province
> 2028 1168 Contact-Zip-Or-Postal-Code
> 2029 1169 Contact-Country
> 2030 1170 Contact-Network-Address
> 2031 1171 Contact-Hours-Of-Service
> 2032 1172 Contact-Telephone
> 2033 1173 Contact-Fax
> 2050 1174 Supplemental-Information
> 2003 1175 Purpose
> 2034 1176 Agency-Program
> 2068 1177 Cross-Reference
> 2046 1178 Cross-Reference-Title
> 2070 1179 Cross-Reference-Relationship
> 2047 1180 Cross-Reference-Linkage
> 2056 1181 Schedule-Number
> 2049 1182 Original-Control-Identifier
> 2017 1183 Language-Of-Record
> 2051 1184 Record-Review-Date
>
> Please respond to this list or to me directly if you object to this
> proposal.
Eliot,
If the proposal is accepted, and I hope it is, will there be a
coordinated approach for systems switching over to the use of the new
Bib-1 numbering?
Fay
Fay Turner
Information Technology Services
National Library of Canada
E-mail: fay.turner@nlc-bnc.ca
Tel: (819) 994-6830, Fax: (819) 994-6835
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