[bksvol-discuss] Re: Filter for Duplicates?

  • From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:56:00 -0400

I would say that different editions of the same book should not be considered 
duplicates. Only the same editions of the same book should be considered 
duplicates.

Evan

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  I said "in a case like this." The question was meant to be general. That is, 
would different editions of the same book be considered duplicates?

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  Roger, how would we know unless you give us the name of the book in question?

  Elizabeth

  At 08:06 PM 9/5/2009, you wrote:
  >I saw at least one duplicate, I now forget the title, which had two 
  >different copyright dates, one about thirty years earlier than the 
  >other. I suppose that those were two entirely different editions. I 
  >did not download and read either of them, but there could have been 
  >significant differences. The key phrase here is could have been. 
  >They also could have been virtually identical. In a case like this 
  >would Bookshare consider them to be duplicates and remove one?

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