I assume it remains current pending the release of the complete draft of RDA in early August. I would be surprised if it changed, since as Kevin points out it's simply an acknowledgement of current practice.
Ed -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 5:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA Vocabularies Project Ed Jones wrote: > RDA is meant to appeal to a variety of user communities, and some of > them may opt not to apply some of its provisions. RDA 1.8 is one such > provision: it states that certain elements "may" be used for both > purposes; to me, this means that they also may not. Is this reference to "1.8" from the December 2005 document? Does anyone know where this same text is in the 2007 version? Or is this still current? http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/docs/5rda-part1.pdf Sorry, but I have gotten confused with all of the changes. kc -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------
