Probably too much overthinking on what RDA 2.20.3 is saying, as it also covers “… or on other details relating to a statement of responsibility.” It does parallel the loophole in AACR2, where names missing in what was transcribed in a truncated statement of responsibility could be covered in notes (AACR2 21.29F).
AACR2 also says “not named in a statement of responsibility” but its application extended to situations when all but the first named in a transcribed statement of responsibility were omitted. Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Heidrun Wiesenmüller Sent: February-07-13 12:21 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Statement of responsibility naming more than three persons etc. Thomas Brenndorfer wrote: One could choose the optional omission and supply the element Note on Statement of Responsibility (RDA 2.20.3) -- "... a note providing information on a person, family or corporate body not named in the statement of responsibility ..." So the statement of responsibility could have the first named only, and the note could list additional names-- whichever names are important for "identification or access" (RDA 2.20.3.5). I wouldn't feel comfortable with this solution. According to the defintion in 2.20.3.1 a note on statement of responsibility "is a note providing information on a person, family, or corporate body not named in a statement of responsibility". Mind, it doesn't say "a person etc. not transcribed in a statement of responsibility". In our case, the persons are certainly named in the statement of responsibility. I think it would be a rather roundabout way to use a note for conveying information which is explicitly stated in the statement of responsibility. It would be much better to solve the problem by transcribing the relevant part of the statement of responsibility, i.e. adapting the optional omission in 2.4.1.5. Heidrun -- --------------------- Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A. Stuttgart Media University Faculty of Information and Communication Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi<http://www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi>
