Between March and July 2020, OCLC installed changes to WorldCat matching, including the following improvements and bug fixes:
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Duplicate Detection and Resolution (DDR) Matching:
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Rare Materials Exemption for DDR is Now Up to and Including 1829.
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Improved DDR Matching of Serials with Generic Titles.
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Improved DDR Matching for Place of Publication.
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Stricter DDR Matching of Serials When Associated Corporate Bodies have Different Subordinate Units.
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Data Sync/Fingerprint Matching
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Improved Fingerprint Comparison for Place of Publication.
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Stricter Fingerprint Matching of Serials When Associated Corporate Bodies have Different Subordinate Units.
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Bug Fixes
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Fix to the Creation of Fingerprints for Cross-Reference Records.
These improvements have been prompted primarily by feedback from and consultation with members of the OCLC cooperative and were accomplished by the discussion, investigation, and testing work of the matching team at OCLC.
See the WorldCat Matching Release Notes,
August 2020 for more details.
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