I think from our discussion on this matter is that RDA needs another element to record what I will call the "linking word or term" in the title. To have title proper and alternative title elements is not enough, because the linking word "or" and its equivalents in other languages need to be included in descriptions and it would be very complicated if not impossible to have a machine supply the correct word in all cases.
Title proper: Twelfth night Linking word or term: or Alternative title: What you will Title proper: Charles de Coster Linking word or term: ou Alternative title: La vie est un songe Other title information: biographie Once this linking word element were established, then the issue of how to encode the title in MARC could be resolved. Several different possibilities have been discussed here, and the JSC will need to evaluate them and decide on which one to recommend, and on if any changes to the MARC format are needed to accommodate them. As Kevin points out, the indexing of the MARC encoding could vary from system to system based on the needs of each individual agency, and depending on how the system was configured, various additional access points would or would not be needed. Adam ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409 (206) 685-8782 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
