Quoting "McGrath, Kelley C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
<snip> I think Martha is right to point to the general need to bring out characteristics both of the expression or manifestation and of the work (or perhaps in a stricter reading of FRBR, the original expression/manifestation?). This problem has been highlighted for me again in some recent discussions by a couple of OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.) task forces lamenting how poorly we record characteristics of the original film like original language and date of release even though we know that people want to search, sort, and limit by this type of information. So even if FRBR does not say these sort of things are technically attributes of the work, perhaps we should somehow privilege the characteristics of the first expression (manifestation?).
FRBR does list date as one of the attributes of a work, though it takes it as date of creation: "4.2.3 Date of the Work The date of the work is the date (normally the year) the work was originally created. The date may be a single date or a range of dates. In the absence of an ascertainable date of creation, the date of the work may be associated with the date of its first publication or release." Date of *release* is an attribute of an expression: "4.4.6 Date of Publication/Distribution The date of publication/distribution of the manifestation is the date (normally a year) of public release of the manifestation. The date may be a single date of publication or release, or a range of dates (e.g., in the case of a serial publication). In the absence of a date designated as the date of publication or release, a copyright date or a date of printing or manufacture may serve as a substitute." I tend to agree with Martha Yee that colour is pretty significant for a film; I'm not sure I would call colorizing a film originally black & white (or creating a black & white version of a coloured film -- like what I used to see on a TV screen before colour TV came in) necessarily "damage" but it's surely a modification of a fairly fundamental attribute! Hal Cain Dalton McCaughey Library Parkville, Victoria, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
