> its necessary reliance on position in various Areas in order to resolve > ambiquity is anathema to metadataists
Just one reason I prefer to think of myself as a metadadaist. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Myers, John F. Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:00 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Consolidated ISBD and RDA double punctuation And a hearty "Amen!" to that sentiment. (Although I now realize that its necessary reliance on position in various Areas in order to resolve ambiquity is anathema to metadataists.) John Myers, Catalog Librarian Schaffer Library, Union College Schenectady NY 12308 mye...@union.edu 518-388-6623 ________________________________ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access on behalf of Ed Jones A propos of nothing in particular, I would just like to say that I have always been in awe of ISBD punctuation. To anyone who understands the symbology--not that difficult--it conveys a vast amount of information in a minimal amount of space and with a minimal set of symbols, the semantics of a bibliographic description being established from the relative position of the symbols. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3007 - Release Date: 07/15/10 11:09:00
