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Lisa Hatt <[log in to unmask]>
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MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:49:53 +0000
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On 12/11/2019 10:44 PM, Terry Reese wrote:
> Actually -- those are only a couple of the fields in use.  The $b is
> set to fall to unspecified in all cases when the tool isn't able to
> make a determination based on an evaluation of the whole of the
> record.  This is what sometimes leads to quirks as the record itself
> will include data, that when taken as a whole, lead to this outcome.

It seems strange that the $a and $b are allowed to not match each other. 
Are they determined by separate processes, rather than just e.g. 
determining the code and then looking the term up in a table?

-- 
Lisa Hatt
Cataloging | De Anza College Library
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