Brenndorfer, Thomas <tbrenndor...@library.guelph.on.ca> wrote: > In RDA 8.11, it's an attribute for a Person entity-- it's used when the core > elements for a Person are not sufficient for differentiation. [I'm aware of > the error in RDA that is being corrected-- the placement of this element in > 8.11 suggests it applies also to corporate bodies and families when it does > not].
Tangent: the last line of 8.6 should be cleared up in the same manner. And I think the last line under 10.10.1.1 will get the boot as well. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind future-proofing corporate and, especially, family names by allowing undifferentiated status markers for these. -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex Coordinator University of Minnesota Bibliographic & Technical 15 Andersen Library Services (BATS) Unit 222 21st Avenue South Phone: 612-624-0805 Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439 <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
