[Data-modeling] periodical subjects

[Jeff Prucher]

Genre is only on Magazine and not Periodical because it seemed to me that
only magazines really have genres. If I'm wrong, we can change that, though.
What would you consider to be genres of newspapers (or academic journals,
which is the other type that includes Periodical)?

You're right that there are a lot of magazines aimed at very narrow
interests, though, and Subject seems like a sensible thing to call it. I
have the same question with regard to newspapers, though -- what would you
consider to be likely values for newspaper subjects?  (Subject is handled on
journals by means of the Field of Study type, which isn't mappable to
magazines or newspapers.)

Jeff

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> Can we add a Subjects property to periodical? I don't see any 
> current way to say that ST Format is a magazine about the 
> Atari ST. Magazine genre seems to be very broad, and I also 
> don't see why it only applies to magazines and not newspapers, etc.
> 
> Al
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