[Taxacom] Bibliographical confusion between BHL and Wiley

[Roderic Page]

Hi Stephen,

Yes, metadata errors happen. But this is an advantage of DOIs in the sense that if we cite them, the link to the actual document is retained, regardless of errors in the metadata. In the same way, if your bank has your name incorrectly spelt  but you can still access your bank account using the account number, then the thing that matters (your access to your money) is still there. It might hinder discoverability ("no, it's Stephen with a 'ph'") but the link remains intact.

Regards

Rod

On 22 Oct 2013, at 07:57, Stephen Thorpe wrote:

> It appears that Wiley has messed up its metadata, which is unfortunate since the registered DOIs encode the incorrect metadata! At least 2 issues are affected..
>  
> Stephen
> 
> From: Paul Kirk <P.Kirk at kew.org>
> To: 'Stephen Thorpe' <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>; Taxa com <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> 
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 October 2013 7:40 PM
> Subject: RE: [Taxacom] Bibliographical confusion between BHL and Wiley
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> 
> If the binders of the journal at the Smithsonian got the correct title page (http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13496974) associated with the associated parts the scanning of the object at BHL has to be correct - this could be confirmed if other Libraries who hold this item have the same title page + ToC.
> 
> Cannot check what Wiley has, behind a paywall.
> 
> Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen Thorpe
> Sent: 21 October 2013 23:10
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> Subject: [Taxacom] Bibliographical confusion between BHL and Wiley
> 
> What is going on here, can anyone tell me? What BHL has as Transactions of the Entomological Society of London vol. 1 part 1 (1836) (http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13496972), Wiley has as vol. 2 part 1 (1837) (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.1837.2.issue-1/issuetoc)! Wtf!
>  
> This is a good example, by the way, of a data confusion!
>  
> Stephen
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