Re: [ARSCLIST] Database template - Artist Instrumentation Project

["Steven C. Barr" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Perhaps helpful would be for an organization like ARSC to publish an
official
> list of those items of information that are of most use in identifying and
> finding sound recordings, in a simple outline form, ranked in order of
importanc
> e or usefulness, that people can use to structure their own database
> application. This might lead to enough standardization to make file
conversions
> practical.
What I would like to see ARSC do (and offered to do a program on sometime
back) is to establish and define...including name, type and size...an
"official" definition for the necessary set of "core" fields to allow
at least minimal, but useful, data exchange between users of different
database applications! Each record collector, or each institution
archiving sound recordings, has his/her/its set of "essential" fields
to adequately document phonorecords (and other sound items). If we
could agree on this set of core fields, we could share data!

Coment ca?

Steven C. Barr