I want to be sure I understand this. If the work is a criticism of Hamlet,
under current subject heading rules, there would be a 600 10 Shakespeare,
William. |t Hamlet, right?
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:50 AM, J. McRee Elrod <m...@slc.bc.ca> 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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