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→Contents : transcribed vs. controlled
Without being able to figure out what transcribed name (490) corresponds with which controlled series name (8xx), it's pretty impossible to figure out how to create a display which makes any sense, and doesn't list the same series twice (once with transcribed name and once with controlled name), and supports collocation properly. See more at: http://bibwild.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/a-reasonable-display-for-series-data-in-marc
== Contents : transcribed vs. controlled ; analytic in the first place? ==
In a similar problem as with series titles, contents ('analytics') may exist in a transcribed form in a 505, and in a controlled form in a 7xx. But there's no way to know which 505 entry correspond to which 7xx entry. (In fact, it's hard to even know where one 'entry' begins and ends in a 505! See above).
It would be nice to only list the contents once, not twice. With transcribed and (linked to search) controlled forms. But this can not be done.
A related problem is that there's no good way to be sure if a 7xx IS an analytic in the first place. If second indicator is 2, it is. If second indicator is blank, there's no way to tell. And oddly it's not even possible for the second indicator indicate "definitely is not an analytic".
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