-----Original Message----- Karen Coyle wrote: Actually my big concern is that the entity Person may make sense as a subject but we don't have persons as creators, only personal names. That name may be a pseudonym used by two actual human beings, or there could be many names associated with one person. So the Person entity doesn't seem to fit well into our cataloging world view in the creator/agent role. ------------------------- [Myers]: I will confess I am having difficulty understanding Karen's concerns. Bibliographically, we have historically had only headings and cross references in our catalogs, which were then supported by authority files in card or MARC format. The Person has only existed in the bibliographic sense and context, whether creating under an identity that matched their personal identity or under a pseudonymous or conjoined identity. The entity structure of FRBR-FRAD and RDA in a scenario 1 implementation takes this to a new level of generalization and integration but doesn't seem to commit great violence to that "cataloging world view".
To my thinking, each manifestation will have a statement of responsibility as an attribute, recorded in the manifestation entity record. Based on that attribute, the manifestation entity record will link to the corresponding personal (corporate, conference) entity record(s). Those Group 2 entity records will record as their attributes the various relevant data elements. Depending on the implementation scenario, headings will be hard coded in the Group 2 entity record or machine generated from those elements (that is, we will record the strings formerly known as headings into the entity record or the machine will construct them on-the-fly when creating displays). Does this illuminate the situation, represent erroneous thinking, or lack applicability to the discussion? John F. Myers, Catalog Librarian Schaffer Library, Union College 807 Union St. Schenectady NY 12308 518-388-6623 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
