"Marcello" == Marcello Perathoner <marcello@perathoner.de> writes:
Marcello> Gutenberg9443@aol.com wrote: >> And it would be great to have the complete bibliographical >> record of the book (o books) used as source for the digital >> edition on every new text. >> >> Or at least the date of original publication and the name of >> the original publisher. Not having those makes it difficult to >> cite the book in research work. I usually resort to going to >> the Library of Congress record to get that, and then include >> the fact that this is an on-line edition etc. etc. etc. Marcello> You give me a list of all publication dates and places Marcello> etc. and I'll insert them into the database. If PG has Marcello> all TP&Vs archived for copyright purposes, it should not Marcello> be an impossible task. Marcello> Adding database support for more attributes is a matter Marcello> of a few hours. It just doens't make sense to add more Marcello> attributes if nobody volunteers to fill them in. It would be very simple, if just the information were not removed systematically. At DP, the full information (including a transcription of the titlepage) is kept in proofreading, but it is removed, if not by the post-procesors, by the whitewashers. Carlo