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vr.tr.volume-q1238720 · thing-q1238720

Let an agent explain the volume as a bibliographic unit, distinguish volume from issue, part, edition and the physical sense of volume, relay citation and cataloguing conventions, and route specific volumes to their series.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.QLT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Concept What a volume is.

Definition

Definition and distinctions.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a volume in publishing, and how does it differ from issue, part and edition? definition
  2. Is the question about the bibliographic sense or the physical or acoustic sense? boundary

Kinds

Kinds.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. How do book volumes, periodical volumes and series volumes differ? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific series? action
Cite Citation and cataloguing.

Citation

Citation.

Citation

Citation.

  1. How are volumes cited in major citation styles? action
  2. What is the correct citation for the item in question? measurement

Cataloguing

Cataloguing.

Cataloguing

Cataloguing.

  1. How do libraries record volumes and holdings? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Practice Publishing practice.

Publishing

Volume numbering.

Publishing

Publishing.

  1. How do publishers number volumes, and how have practices changed with digital publishing? provenance
  2. Which entry fits periodical? action

Binding

Binding.

Binding

Binding.

  1. How are periodical issues bound into volumes, and why? provenance
  2. Which entry fits bookbinding? action
Context History and examples.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did the volume develop from scrolls and codices to modern numbering? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of the book? action

Series

Example series.

Series

Series.

  1. What is the Ferrantia series, and what do its numbered volumes cover? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.QLT
Other names and narrower kinds
Ferrantia 83, Ferrantia 84, periodical volume, Atlas and catalogue of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Luxembourg, Ferrantia 90 Butterflies in Luxembourg: distribution, trends and conservation, The Réideschbaach Fossil Fauna, The geology of the Éislek area (North of Luxembourg). Lithostratigraphy, tectonics and mineral resources of the Lower Devonian within the Wiltz Synclinorium, annual collection, United Nations Treaty Series volume, Ferrantia 81, Ferrantia 1, Ferrantia 80

What it is Filled

In the sense recorded here, a numbered unit of a publication, either one physical book of a multi-volume work or the set of issues of a periodical published over a period, usually a year, and bound or cited together; volumes are cited by number in references, as in the Ferrantia series of the Luxembourg natural history museum whose numbered volumes the registry lists as aliases, and they organise library holdings and bibliographic records.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain the volume as a bibliographic unit, distinguish volume from issue, part, edition and the physical sense of volume, relay citation and cataloguing conventions, and route specific volumes to their series.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Sequential numbering
  • Book or periodical usage
  • Citation element
  • Binding unit

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Confuse volume with issue or edition in citations.
  • Invent volume numbers.
  • Mix this sense with physical volume.
  • Copy whole volumes of protected works without permission.

Only with a human decision

  • Changing catalogue records in a shared library system.

May

  • Cite volumes correctly with number, year and publisher.
  • Distinguish a volume from an issue or edition.
  • Distinguish this publication sense from physical volume.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Citation errors waste researchers' time and can misattribute work.
  • Authors and publishers depend on respect for copyright.

Who is affected

  • Researchers
  • Librarians
  • Authors

Owners Filled

Steward

The publisher, with libraries holding copies.

Master systems

  • Library catalogues and serial registers

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q122425968 - registry parent class
  • Q13196193 - registry parent class
  • Q732577 - registry parent class

related

  • sequential designation - in registry terms
  • part - in registry terms, of a publication
  • bibliographic reference - by number

contains

  • issue - in periodicals

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.volume-q1238720
  • Wikidata: Q1238720 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238720)
  • volume number: per publication
  • ISSN and ISBN: series and books identify the whole, not the volume

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Numbered unit of a publication
  • Book of a multi-volume work or annual set of a periodical
  • Volume as capacity or loudness is a different sense; an issue is a subunit
  • A bound book or a numbered set of issues, with the volume number on the spine or cover.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the bibliographic unit
  • distinguish from issue, part and edition
  • relay citation and cataloguing conventions
  • route specific volumes to their series

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Confusing volume with issue or edition
  • Sense confusion with physical volume
  • Citation errors

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Cataloguing standards such as RDA and ISBD
  • Citation styles specifying volume elements
  • ISO 690 bibliographic references

Context of use required Filled

  • Organising and citing publications.
  • volumes of multi-volume books
  • periodical volumes by year
  • volumes of monograph series such as Ferrantia
  • bound volumes in libraries
  • volume as a cataloguing designation

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q1238720: volume - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Volume (bibliography) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should periodical volume and book volume be separate entries?
  • How should cataloguing standards be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific Ferrantia volumes; should they be split off to the series?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1238720/spec.json