Re: [RDA-L] Database walk

2009-07-23 Thread Paradis Daniel
Mac wrote: >Daniel Paradis seems to have a better grasp of what is actually in >RDA, and how it might be implemented, than most. The fact that I had some insight to share about preferred titles does not mean that I have a better grasp of RDA than anybody else on this list, especially considering

[RDA-L] Blog about Can bibliographic data be put directly onto the semantic web?

2009-07-23 Thread Martha M. Yee
I should also have pointed out that if you would like to start or participate in a public discussion of this article, you might be interested in the following blogs: 1. Karen Coyle already has a very thoughtful response to the article up at her blog at: http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2009/07

Re: [RDA-L] Database walk

2009-07-23 Thread Gene Fieg
I have read RDA in its draft forms. In re the author, et al., where does it say that we are not to include them all and make the first one the "primary" author? On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:40 PM, J. McRee Elrod wrote: > Daniel Paradis seems to have a better grasp of what is actually in > RDA, and

Re: [RDA-L] Database walk

2009-07-23 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Gene Fieg said: >I have read RDA in its draft forms. In re the author, et al., where does it >say that we are not to include them all and make the first one the "primary" >author? That is what it says. But in doing a retrospective database walk, there is no way to replace that "[et al.]" with th

Re: [RDA-L] Database walk

2009-07-23 Thread Paradis Daniel
Mac wrote: >What I have not been able to determine, is that in a collection by >different people, I assume main entry is still title. One would not >use the author of the first work included as main entry would one? In the Dec. 2008 draft of RDA, the choice of the authorized access point for

Re: [RDA-L] Entry for compilations

2009-07-23 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Daniel Paradis said: >In other words, there was no intention to change the AACR2 rules relating >to collections, which will be entered under the preferred title. In most cases under AACR2, compilations of the works of several people have main entry under title proper. Our clients would not ac

Re: [RDA-L] Entry for compilations

2009-07-23 Thread Adam L. Schiff
Mac, You shouldn't rely on the draft on the RDA-L site for what RDA looks like now. Numerous instructions and examples were modified based on constituent comments and the JSC meeting in April. All the changes will be seen in the final version of RDA that is published this winter. The exampl

Re: [RDA-L] Entry for compilations

2009-07-23 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Adam Schiff quoted: >According to AACR2 21.7C1, when a compilation lacks a collective title, it >is entered under the heading for the first work in the compilation. This >misrepresents the compilation. In RDA separate access points will be >constructed for each work in the compilation (RDA 6.27