[mb-users] Style query: exact format for volume numbers

[Cristov Russell]

> On Tuesday 03 August 2004 12:46, listsub at digiwisp.com wrote:
> > I'm not sure if I have a real strong argument for either but I'm 
> > leaning toward subtitle since the volume is just a counter 
> and acts as 
> > a distinguisher. I think where things get a little dicey is when we 
> > talk about storing this information separately. If we store 
> subtitles 
> > separately then Volume information should probably be part of the 
> > title to again act as a distinguisher.
> 
> The main problem with setting a style for the use of "Volume" 
> is that there is no _clearly correct_ way to present them : 
> everything we're discussing here (use of colon, comma, space, 
> parenthesis) all comes down to personal preference.
> 
> Some things I think are important to think about:
> 
> 1. "Volume" is very commonly used as a distinguisher for 
> parts of a series, and as such is _vital_ information with 
> respect to the titling of these sorts of releases. I think 
> the question of the use of "Volume" needs to be slightly 
> broadened to deal with "Series" of releases.
> 

Tarragon can you clarify what you mean here? Something like
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/wiki.pl?BoxSets or something else entirely?

> 2. Does anyone believe that "sub-title" information is not 
> vital to the titling of a release? Why/why not?

I would say no in most cases however in others it may impact logical
sorting. For example:

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of .38 Special

Of course the alternative is to swap the order here but doing so would be at
the loss of "series" information.

Cristov