Ray Saintonge wrote:
ISBNs have their limitations too. My copy of the
1977, 22nd
edition of "Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary" has two
different ISBNs depending on whether there are index tabs on the
fore-edge. My earlier 1922, 11th edition, "The American
Illustrated Medical Dictionary", (edited by Dorland) does not
have an ISBN.
These comments, while accurate, are on the absolute layman level.
Even though I think Wikicat is one of most promising project
proposals in the last few years, I fear it will have a hard time
to explain, over and over again, the basics of bibliography to all
newcomers who think they are experts. How can this project sort
out the beginners and give them easy but meaningful tasks where
they can be productive, without their ignorance causing damage?
Could we perhaps have a separate mailing list (wikicat-l) for
discussions about Wikicat, even before the project is formally
established? That would be an opportunity to establish some level
of common knowledge and "get to know" each other.
--
Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik -
http://aronsson.se