The works extension includes a Work class for representing the top level of an item (e.g., an entire book as opposed to its pages).
Discussion of the Work class focused on problems, such as an item being a Work in its own right, but also part of another Work (e.g., a page of a book, which is a map that might be included in a map collection). The consensus was that because of the different contexts, it didn't make sense to label something as a Work, and it would be better to just make everything an Object and use context to figure out whether something was an independent entity or part of another Object.
Should we remove the Work class from the Works extension and/or PCDM 2.0?
See #53 for preliminary discussion.
The works extension includes a Work class for representing the top level of an item (e.g., an entire book as opposed to its pages).
Discussion of the Work class focused on problems, such as an item being a Work in its own right, but also part of another Work (e.g., a page of a book, which is a map that might be included in a map collection). The consensus was that because of the different contexts, it didn't make sense to label something as a Work, and it would be better to just make everything an Object and use context to figure out whether something was an independent entity or part of another Object.
Should we remove the Work class from the Works extension and/or PCDM 2.0?
See #53 for preliminary discussion.