Duplicate proprietary IDs
When assigning proprietary IDs to a title, a publisher will sometimes use the same ID for earlier and later versions of the same title (especially if they are hosted on the same web page)n . Within GOKb, the same ID cannot be used for multiple titles within the same namespace. In this case, you must choose one of the titles to assign the proprietary ID to. For consistency, the most recent version of the title should be chosen. Earlier versions of the title will not be assigned a proprietary ID in GOKb.
Package names
The basic format for package names is:
{Content Provider}: {Package name}
For more detailed information see GOKb Naming Conventions.
Project names
The basic format for project names is:
{Content Provider}: {Package name}: {YYYYMMDD}
For more detailed information see GOKb Naming Conventions.
Publisher versus imprint
GOKb uses the following definitions for publisher and imprint.
Publisher: The commercial entity responsible for the production and dissemination of content. (citation)
Imprint: A trade name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to market works to different demographic consumer segments. In some cases, the diversity results from the takeover of smaller publishers (or parts of their business) by a larger company. (citation)
For a more detailed discussion of this topic see Publisher versus imprint.
Supplements
Supplements should have separate Title and TIPP records in GOKb. Many supplements will not have ISSNs. Supplements should not be given the ISSN of their parent publication, as this will cause incorrect merging to occur.
Title capitalization
It is preferred that titles be entered in title case (all major words capitalized). Some providers may use sentence case in their data (only the first word and proper nouns capitalized). It's nearly impossible to transform titles between title case and sentence case using OpenRefine, so you can accept whichever format you get. But if entering titles manually, use title case.
Occasionally you will see titles in a file that are either all caps or all lowercase. Before changing these to title case, verify that the title is not intended to have unconventional capitalization. Many titles are purposely formatted this way. All lowercase example.
Title metadata conflicts
Occasionally sources disagree about the details of a title, especially in relation to title changes. When sorting out a conflict, authoritative sources of title information include (in order of preference):
- A PDF or printed copy of the original issue
- The ISSN Portal
- Ulrich's
- The publisher's metadata
If no conflict is present, its not necessary to verify information in all of these sources.