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Editions sometimes have authors field
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Description
Editions sometimes have `authors` fields which can (sometimes) fall out of sync with the authors field of the work.
Questions:
- Should editions have an `authors` field? [This edition](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25934687M.json) does not, but [this one](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17631357M/Living_with_Leviathan?v=9) did; [this one](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL4297066M/Public_expenditure_trends.) still does
- If an edition does have an `authors` field, does editing the work's `authors` update the edition's `authors` field?
### Relevant url?
e.g. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17631357M/Living_with_Leviathan?v=9
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Research direction
Compare the edition records at the linked Open Library URLs with their corresponding work author data, then trace how edition and work records are edited. Resolve whether editions should retain an authors field and what synchronization behavior is required; done means the policy and resulting behavior are unambiguous.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100