[RDA-L] RE : [RDA-L] a rather than t for ETD

With the latest update to the RDA Toolkit, instruction 2.8.1.1 now includes the sentence: Consider all online resources to be published. Daniel Paradis Bibliothécaire Direction du traitement documentaire des collections patrimoniales Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec 2275, rue Holt

Re: [RDA-L] RE : [RDA-L] a rather than t for ETD

Why would this be an exception to the P-N practice? I don't see it addressed there as an exception. It seems to me that we have here two BIBCO instructions that are in conflict (if you're not doing PCC cataloging, then its not an issue). Greta de Groat Stanford University Libraries -

Re: [RDA-L] RE : [RDA-L] a rather than t for ETD

The implication of the instruction that all online resources are published is that when making a record for the electronic thesis from the record for the print manuscript, you'd need to change the type code to textual material and supply a place of publication and publisher. Adam