>From Karen Coyle's http://kcoyle.net/rda/RDAinXML.html
>LC control no.: 87211501 >Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) In RDA, this would be: text, unmediated, volume Personal name: Omescu, Ion. Uniform title: Hamlet. French This would be the uniform title of a French translation of Hamlet, *not* of a criticism of Hamlet. Main title: Hamlet, ou, La tentation du possible : essai / Ion Omesco ; avant-propos d'Henri Gouhier. Edition: 1re d. In RDA, this would be spelled out, if spelled out on the item. >Published/Created: Paris : Presses universitaires de France, c1987. In RDA, if "France" was on the source, it would be transcribed. There would be two years, publication and copyright. e.g., [1987], c1987. Related titles: Tentation du possible. This is not a related title; it is a portion of the title; in MARC 246 30, not 740 2. Description: ix, 278 p. ; 21 cm. In RDA "pages" would be spelled out, and "cm." would have a period only if series were displayed after, as opposed to being last. (ISBD order of elements grew out of experience.) ISBN: 2130401309 Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. [269]-270. It is not clear to me whether LCPS will opt for "Includes bibliographic references (pages [269[-279) and index", as is now the case. Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet. If the work discusses the personality of Hamlet, I would add a personal name entry (as opposed to at title entry) for Hamlet as a fictitious character, 650 in AACR2, 600 in RDA. Series: Littratures modernes Whether this is the 490 or 830, it seems best displayed after collation to me. How is a cataloguer to know where it will be displayed, if not in ISBD order, so whether to put a period on "cm"? RDA says nothing about display, but display (perhaps mistakenly) affects punctuation. It would be far simpler to have standardized punctuation for each element. Casey Mullin posted: >Preferred Title of the work: Hamlet No. The work is a criticism of Hamlet, not the play Hamlet. The preferred title is the French title of the work. >Authorized Access Point Representing the Expression: "Omescu, Ion. >Hamlet. French" No. Again, "Hamlet" is the title of the play or character which is the subject of the work, not the title of the work. "French" would be added the the uniform title for a translation of the play. The fact that the critique of the play or character is in French would not affect the subject entry point for the play. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________