Mac,
I think the the lack of "added entries" you are citing is only relevant
in a left-anchored browsing environment. Moving forward, such
left-anchored "entries" are not required for access. If a work is about
Hamlet, contains Hamlet, derives from Hamlet, etc., then the term
"Hamlet" will be present somewhere in the metadata, whether as a title
element on its own, or as part of an access point. In fact, RDA actually
allows us to be more precise (not less) in how we represent entities,
attributes and relationships.
Of course, in an environment where keyword access is not possible (do
such environments still exist, outside of card catalogs?), then one
might have to take extra steps.
Casey
On 7/28/2011 9:50 AM, J. McRee Elrod wrote:
Karen Coyle said:
<rda:titleOfTheWork>
Hamlet. French
</rda:titleOfTheWork>
<AccessPoint>Hamlet. French</AccessPoint>
or even
<AccessPoint>Shakespeare...etc. Hamlet. French</AccessPoint>
In MARC, the language would be subfield coded, so I suspect at least
as much granularity would be needed in an HTLM schema.
One difficulty with the term "access point" is that it includes main,
added, and perhaps subject entries.
A translation of Hamlet would have both the main entry "Shakespeare
..." and the added entry "Hamlet ...", but a criticism of Hamlet would
have the subject heading "Shakespeare ...", but not "Hamlet". A work
which contains portions of Hamlet, a movie of Hamlet, etc., would have
an added entry under "Shakespeare ..." but not one under "Hamlet ...",
unless that work's title begins "Hamlet ...".
I find RDA terminology far less precise that AACR2, which extends to
the HTML markup terms above. Basic distinctions are lacking. That's
not your fault Karen, considering the muddy text you had to work with.
Any word on who is given the task of rewriting in "simple" English?
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from it to carry out research and scholarship may constitute an elite minority rather
than most of the people of the world (sadly), but that talented and intelligent minority
is an important one for the cultural and technological advancement of humanity. It is
even possible that if we did a better job of providing access to such data, we might
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