Hi Rod,
If, however, there's no GUID then I would want all the relevant metadata to hand to be able to try and find one, I don't want to have to go up citation tree to get the journal name, I just want to take the bibliographic metadata in the RDF for the name and search for the GUID (e.g., using an OpenURL resolver).
Right -- and I agree. But my question was whether the citation tree should merely be "flattened" ("collapsed"?) into a single text string that is instered into "parentCitationString", or should there be some sort of nested structure to accommodate each level in the tree. My gut feeling -- at least for now (and for simplicity), is to collapse it into a single text value.
You get to sleep -- luxury! ;-)
:-)
Actually, I have to confess: I had 11 hours of sleep last night. After a marathon week, I often just collapse on the sofa when I get home, and don't open my eyes again until the next morning.
Personally I would strip out any formatting, especially from a field that will be interpreted by other software. Furthermore, what would you do if the metadata gets served in another format, such as n3, or JSON, etc.?
I tend to agree -- but I wanted to get a sense for what others were doing.
Aloha, Rich