[Wikipedia-l] Central bibliography

[Gerard Meijssen]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 03/09/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I have never been keen on ISBNs either.  In addition to older works that
>> never had an ISBN in the first place, works with a long history of
>> different editions can have any number of ISBNs, and at some point it
>> would be helpful to be able to compare various editions.
>>     
>
>
> Yes. ISBNs are useful indeed, but they were created for the use of the
> publishing industry and are per *edition* rather than per *book*.
>
>
> - d.
Hoi,
Librarians are aware of this, that is one reason why the notion of the 
Wikicat, to follow the conventions of librarians has merit.
Thanks,
   GerardM