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Dear Raffaella Sprugnoli,
Thank you for taking the time to provide such detailed and thoughtful feedback on our Ideas Exchange proposal on behalf of the ITALE Working Group. Please accept my apologies for the delay in this reply; I had unfortunately missed the notification for your comment.
We have carefully reviewed your arguments, and we completely understand your concerns. Your point regarding the loss of important information for disambiguation, especially in cases of homonymy, is very well-taken. We agree that the risk of creating ambiguity and shifting the burden of disambiguation onto the user is a significant issue.
Our initial proposal was driven by a goal to improve the consistency and usability of search facets for the end-user in our discovery interface, where we've noticed that the current level of granularity can sometimes lead to a fragmented experience.
However, given the valid issues you have raised and the clear need to serve different cataloguing practices within our user community, we agree that pursuing the proposal in its current form is not the best path forward. We will therefore be withdrawing our active support for this change. We believe a better approach is to wait for the planned development that will allow for local configuration of PNX facet and search fields (scheduled for Q2 2025), which should provide the flexibility each institution needs.
On a more collaborative note, we were very encouraged by two key points in your response:
Meeting Names: We share your interest in re-evaluating the normalization for meeting names. We look forward to the findings of your group's analysis and would be very open to collaborating on a future, targeted enhancement request on this specific point.
Unique Identifiers: We strongly agree that the most robust and sustainable solution lies in the use of unique identifiers. This is a critical need for the entire community to ensure proper author management. We would be very supportive of a joint effort to advocate for Ex Libris to prioritize developments in this area.
To foster this dialogue, we were wondering if you and members of your working group would be open to a brief meeting during the upcoming IGeLU conference? It could be a great opportunity to discuss our respective needs and explore how we can collaborate on shared goals.
Thank you again for your valuable engagement on this topic.
Best regards,
Alexandre
VP of ACEF