http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2111 oleonard@myacpl.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Platform|PC |All Resolution| |INVALID Version|unspecified |HEAD ------- Comment #4 from oleonard@myacpl.org 2008-05-22 10:42 ------- [12:28] <owen> paul, hdl, do you know what "without periodicity" means when specifying a serial's frequency? [12:28] <paul> yes. [12:28] <paul> some very specific (usually high level science) don't have a true periodicity [12:29] <paul> when you subscribe to the title, you subscribe for 6 issues. [12:29] <paul> which can arrive in 1 year... or 2... [12:29] <owen> I see there's a choice to say that the frequency is "irregular." Does "irregular" not cover that case? [12:29] <paul> in UNIMARC there are both. I can't say what's the difference... [12:30] <paul> hdl, any idea ? [12:30] <owen> Interesting, so it's a UNIMARC thing. I wonder if MARC has a corresponding set of descriptions... [13:12] <hdl> irregular stands for sthg that is not "regular" but has a periodicity [13:12] <hdl> owen : say it comes out on January, then in October and December for instance [13:13] <hdl> it is irregular [13:13] <hdl> But without periodicity is when you donot have any regularity [13:13] <owen> I see: irregular implies that you /do/ know when it comes out [13:13] <owen> with periodicity implies that you don't ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.