[RDA-L] Announcement of RDA proposals, etc.; posting of updated proposal

2013-08-06 Thread JSC Secretary
This announcement has been posted on the JSC website: "The proposals, discussion papers, etc., related to revision and development of RDA from the JSC constituencies and others have been submitted for discussion at the November 4-8, 2013 JSC meeting in Washington, D.C., USA. A *table of the docume

Re: [RDA-L] Main series & subseries

2013-08-06 Thread J. McRee Elrod
The usualyl practical and level headed Kevin said: >Personally, I'd lean more toward Deborah's "Numbering in the main ?series: 988" since it gives significantly more information than just >the number alone in a quoted note. Why would one do such a note in the first place? Would it not assist pat

Re: [RDA-L] honouree vs. honoree

2013-08-06 Thread Dana Van Meter
Thank you everyone. I kind of knew this would be the answer, so I probably shouldn't have wasted everyone's time, I just thought that the LC or PCC people on the list might know of a change in the works, but it seems to not be the case. Will feel comfortable now using the British, etc. spellin

Re: [RDA-L] Main series & subseries

2013-08-06 Thread Dana Van Meter
Thank you everyone! Sorry I made this more complicated by not including the information about fonts, superscript and the color of the text in my first message. I don't know why I didn't think of that initially. Thank you all for revisiting this after my mess up. I never would have come up with

Re: [RDA-L] Main series & subseries

2013-08-06 Thread Kevin M Randall
Wow, Dana, that is *exactly* the kind of thing that I picturing as a possibility (and hoping wasn't the case...)! That would make Deborah's and John's approaches (take your pick) seem appropriate. Personally, I'd lean more toward Deborah's "Numbering in the main series: 988" since it gives si

Re: [RDA-L] Difference between Introduction and Preface

2013-08-06 Thread James Weinheimer
On 05/08/2013 16:46, Bernhard Eversberg wrote: > 05.08.2013 16:04, JSC Secretary: >> You can choose the higher-level designator "writer of supplementary >> textual content" if you don't want to or cannot identify a more specific >> relationship. >> > This leaves me wondering whether or not the rel

Re: [RDA-L] Correct use of relationship designators for corporate bodies

2013-08-06 Thread Arakawa, Steven
Kevin, thanks for the thoughtful response. Irrespective of the term "main entry" & the necessities of AAP for citations, and of one's preferences in the future organization of RDA, in Appendix I in the current version, RDA itself is saying that "architect" represents a corporate body/work rela

Re: [RDA-L] honouree vs. honoree

2013-08-06 Thread Deborah Fritz
With a 'Registry' of terms, which will hopefully be 'officially' up and running soon, alternate spellings of terms should be handled like alternate languages, for indexing, filing, and displays, i.e., you get to pick which 'registered' term you want to enter and have display, and underneath (for