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Hi, is there an established classification of loan types, preferable as Ontology with URIs for each type? I am not sure about the English terminology with terms such as "loan", "hold" and "recall". In particular I am looking for a simple (!) list of types for current relationships between a patron and a library item, such as the following: 1. loan: the patron has got the library item 2. reservation: the patron will get the library item as soon as it is available again 3. ordered: the patron will get the library item, that is currently made availabe, for instance by bringing it to some location from the closed stacks Maybe that's all and I only need to define my own URIs for this cases. But there may also be relevant cases such as "the item is allocated to some location for the patron, waiting that he or she picks it up" and digital library items may be even more complicated. So do you know any such specification or do I have to define my own standard? Jakob -- Verbundzentrale des GBV (VZG) Digitale Bibliothek - Jakob Voß Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1 37073 Goettingen - Germany +49 (0)551 39-10242 http://www.gbv.de [log in to unmask]