Folks, I was asked to rewrite the scope note for Title, making the distinction between titles and object names more explicit:
E35 Title [** Current Scope Note **] This entity comprises the short pieces of texts that are used, by the creator or tradition, to characterize or identify a work, often alluding to its subject. The work may be linguistic, musical, iconographic or other. Examples: Giaconda, La Joconde, Mona Lisa, Die Dreigroschenoper, La Pie, La Marseillaise. [** Proposed revised Scope Note **] The name of a work, such as a book, artwork or piece of music. Examples: The Merchant of Venice, Giaconda, La Joconde, Mona Lisa, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Titles are proper nouns, and should not be confused with generic object names (such as chair, painting, book) which are common nouns and are modelled in the CRM as instances of E55 Type. Comments? T. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Gill <> [email protected] Research Libraries Group <> http://www.rlg.org/ 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Voice: +1 (650) 691-2304 <> Fax: +1 (650) 964-1461
