J. McRee Elrod <m...@slc.bc.ca> wrote: > I said: > >>We need a $e term and $4 code for contributor. > > Could someone with the appropriate skills and connections propose the > addition of "contributor" to RDA relationship terms ...
It's already in RDA: see 20.2. It's just not explicitly listed in RDA Appendix I. Something not often mentioned in all this discussion about relationship designators is that they're finer terminology for the more general roles mentioned in the very body of the RDA text--the elements in Chapters 19-22. For instance, working from the specific to the general: "lyricist" (RDA I.2.1) => a kind of "author" (RDA I.2.1) =>> a kind of "creator" (RDA 19.2) "singer" (RDA I.3.1) => a kind of "performer" (RDA I.3.1) =>> a kind of "contributor" (RDA 20.2) "broadcaster" (RDA I.4.2) => a kind of "publisher" (RDA 21.3) In MARC, we're accustomed to tossing specific terms next to name headings, so gravitating to those designators in Appendix I makes sense. However, the elements of Chapter 19-22, or more so the names of those elements, are just as much "relationship designators" as those in the Appendix. Some or most of these--I haven't counted them--have matching MARC relator terms (e.g., Creator [cre]). Using the element names as found in those RDA chapters in the 1xx/7xx $e is another option, one that our shop is open to if no Appendix I terms are appropriate, if we have no means of concocting a new designator, and we choose to forego the MARC relator terms. If going that route, however, I suggest making the following in-MARC-record adjustments to three elements since their names are so unwieldy. The format of the proposed terms is based on similar vocabulary in the Appendix. 19.3: Other Person, Family, and Corporate Body Associated with a Work Designator: other (work) Example: 700 1- Doe, John, $e other (work) 21.6: Other Person, Family, and Corporate Body Associated with a Manifestation Designator: other (manifestation) 22.4: Other Person, Family, and Corporate Body Associated with an Item Designator: other (item) The same sort of chapter-appendix continuity happens with the thing-thing relationships described in Chapters 25-28 and Appendix J: novelization of (work) (RDA J.2.2) => adaptation of (work) (RDA J.2.2) =>> based on (work) (RDA J.2.2) =>>> related work (RDA 25.1) And there's Appendix K + Chapter 30-32 too. Mac continues: > and "cnt > Contributor" to the MARC code list? Is this already covered by Contributor [ctb]? -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
