Thanks, John. Two things strike me. First is the responsiveness of the ONIX lists to changes in the environment. This is the second time they've arrived at a consensus description for Playaway-type devices--the first time was four years ago!--whereas we haven't even reached the initial stage of drafting a proposal to the JSC. Second is the advantage of having a coded value as the basic element. In this case, "AK" represents these things, whatever the consensus description for them may be. Given the value "AK", your local system can display whatever text you want to your users.
Ed -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of John Hostage Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:20 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging playaways Apparently ONIX now calls it a "pre-recorded digital audio player" according to the latest list at http://www.editeur.org/14/Code-Lists/ Click on Code Lists Issue 13. ------------------------------------------ John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/ -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Ed Jones Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 18:13 To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging playaways FWIW, ONIX calls it a "pre-recorded MP3 player", which also seems to be the name used in the marketplace, if a Google search I just did is any indication (1.5 million results as a quoted string). The new "product form" was added to ONIX in early 2007. The RDA ONIX framework predates this (unless there is a newer version than version 1.0). http://www.onixtools.de/downloads/ONIX_Code_Lists_Issue_7_Changes.pdf Ed Jones
