Jonathan Rochkind and Kevin Randall are correct. I was simply not thinking clearly.
Laurence S. Creider On Mon, June 2, 2008 3:30 pm, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > Robert Maxwell wrote: >> [R Maxwell] I do not agree that authority records in some form will >> still be needed in a FRBR-ized catalog. If each entity has one and only >> one entity record in the database, then that one entity record serves >> all the purposes of the current authority records. When cataloging an >> edition of Homer's Iliad in English I would need at least: >> one work entity record (Iliad) >> one person entity record for the author (Homer) >> > I think perhaps when Laurence Creider says authority records in some > form will still be needed, he was thinking of this person entity record > and work entity record. That is perhaps an "authority record in some > form". Laurence, can you confirm? > > This is certainly how I've seen people talk about this sort of thing > before, assuming that the person entity _is_ the evolution of the person > authority record, and thus considered "some form of" authority record. > > Jonathan > -- Laurence S. Creider Head, General Cataloging Unit & Special Collections Librarian New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 Work: 575-646-7227 Fax: 575-646-7477 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
