Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Matters No. 16

2012-09-26 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
Am 25.09.2012 18:16, schrieb Brenndorfer, Thomas: There is nothing simpler or more modular than: * Entity -- has several attributes (which can be used for display, naming, description, filtering, searching) * Entity can have relationship to other entities (which assists in exploring similar re

Re: [RDA-L] Consistency and 370 field

2012-09-26 Thread Adam L. Schiff
Daniel and Richard et al., I think Daniel's reading is correct, except that I think it is an unintentional omission not to have the same instruction to follow Appendix B, since I think the intent has always been to give the place of origin in the form that it would be used in a qualifier. If

Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Matters No. 16

2012-09-26 Thread James Weinheimer
On 25/09/2012 18:16, Brenndorfer, Thomas wrote: > Currently, RDA authority records are undergoing such a change. Thousands of > records have already replaced existing AACR2 authority records, and many of > the new records have new RDA data fields that have all the hallmarks of > controlled voca

Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Matters No. 16

2012-09-26 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
James Weinheimer wrote: ... >I consider that *if* the rules were coded correctly (DocBook for example), >stylesheets could merge them as you wished. So in theory, a cataloger who >happened to >be working on a video of an Arabic scholar discussing the law, >the cataloger could in essence, me

Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Matters No. 16

2012-09-26 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Bernhard Eversberg [e...@biblio.tu-bs.de] Sent: September-26-12 3:37 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Mat

Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Matters No. 16

2012-09-26 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
26.09.2012 14:46, Brenndorfer, Thomas: The status quo assumes we have to get main and added entries correct, and punctuation and order of elements correct, and so on, as the primary baseline to measure compliance with standards-- but this approach doesn't address what's possible with newer techn

Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Matters No. 16

2012-09-26 Thread James Weinheimer
On 26/09/2012 14:35, Brenndorfer, Thomas wrote: > James Weinheimer wrote: >> I consider that *if* the rules were coded correctly (DocBook for example), >> stylesheets could merge them as you wished. So in theory, a cataloger who >> happened to >be working on a video of an Arabic scholar discussi

Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging Matters No. 16

2012-09-26 Thread Amanda Xu
Hi, Thomas, James, and all: Thanks a billion again for the brilliant discussions that you shared to the list. I agreed with Thomas at the highest level of abstraction it is as simple as entity, attribute, and relationship. To make it extensible, we need to add scheme to let apps and people know

[RDA-L] JSC web site: Sept. 26 additions

2012-09-26 Thread JSC Secretary
The responses listed below have been added to the JSC web site: http://www.rda-jsc.org/workingnew.html or http://www.rda-jsc.org/working1.html (click on proposal). Regards, Judy Kuhagen JSC Secretary = = = = = 6JSC/ALA/12/LC response 6JSC/ALA/13/LC response 6JSC/CCC/7/LC response 6JSC/CCC/8/LC