Adam L. Schiff wrote:
At present, the instruction in RDA is to take and record what you see. In other words, true transcription of what you find, with no abbreviation. However, if abbreviations are on the resource, then you will record them the way they appear. If the higher jurisdiction of the place is not present, it does not get recorded in the place element. Instead it will be given in a note.
Which, of course, makes it useless for any machine processing, such as re-organizing a retrieved set by place of publication or providing a way for a user to Find (FRBR user task) items published in a particular location. It seems that when it comes to Find, the rules have a pre-conceived notion of what users can ask for. And in case you think that this isn't a legitimate search, I had reason to do exactly this search the other day, and was not successful. kc -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------
