It is problematic to distinguish an “Actor Appellation” from an Appellation in general. It entirely depends on cultural knowledge to see a given term as a plausible actor appellation or not. And such cultural norms change over time. Also with the inclusion in E82 of codes and numbers, the scope is very broad. And, even though a term may normally be viewed as an appropriate name for a person or corporate body, it may be used to name a thing (Apollo spacecraft) or a work (Emma). The function of the appellation is given by the appellation relationship, and not by any inherent characteristic of the form of the name or term.
Pat Pat Riva Associate University Librarian, Collection Services Concordia University Libraries Vanier Library (VL-301-61) 7141 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal, Québec H4B 1R6 Canada +1-514-848-2424 ext. 5255 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Crm-sig [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dominic Oldman Sent: August-02-16 7:06 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Crm-sig] E82 Actor Appellation Issue I was under the impression from some time ago that this was going to be retired. An appellation of an actor entity is an actor appellation and doesnt need specialisation. D orcid.org/0000-0002-5539-3126<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5539-3126> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Stephen Stead <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The scope note and examples of E82 Actor Appellation do not clearly convey the idea that the appellation must be of a form that is characteristically an appellation of an actor. This is causing confusion in the user community. One alternative is to retire E82 altogether and the other is to update the scope note. I would vote for deprecation/retirement. I have also suggested a new scope note and changed examples:- E82 Actor Appellation Subclass of: E41 Appellation Scope note: This class comprises any sort of name, number, code or symbol characteristically used to identify an E39 Actor. An E39 Actor will typically have more than one E82 Actor Appellation, and instances of E82 Actor Appellation in turn may have alternative representations. The distinction between corporate and personal names, which is particularly important in library applications, should be made by explicitly linking the E82 Actor Appellation to an instance of either E21 Person or E74 Group/E40 Legal Body. If this is not possible, the distinction can be made through the use of the P2 has type mechanism. Examples: • “John Doe” • “Doe, J” • “the U.S. Social Security Number 246-14-2304” • “the Artist Formerly Known as Prince” • “the Master of the Flemish Madonna” • “Raphael’s Workshop” • “the Brontë Sisters” • “ICOM” • “International Council of Museums” E82 Actor Appellation Subclass of: E41 Appellation Scope note: This class comprises any sort of name, number, code or symbol characteristically used to identify an E39 Actor. That is the very form of the name indicates that it is an appellation of an instance of E39 Actor. An E39 Actor will typically have more than one E82 Actor Appellation, and instances of E82 Actor Appellation in turn may have alternative representations. The distinction between corporate and personal names, which is particularly important in library applications, should be made by explicitly linking the E82 Actor Appellation to an instance of either E21 Person or E74 Group/E40 Legal Body. If this is not possible, the distinction can be made through the use of the P2 has type mechanism. Examples: • the U.S. Social Security Number “246-14-2304” • UK Company Number “2374216” • Leonardo da Vinci’s ULAN identifier “ULAN500010879” Rgds SdS Stephen Stead Director Paveprime Ltd 35 Downs Court Rd Purley, Surrey UK, CR8 1BF Tel +44 20 8668 3075<tel:%2B44%2020%208668%203075> Fax +44 20 8763 1739<tel:%2B44%2020%208763%201739> Mob +44 7802 755 013<tel:%2B44%207802%20755%20013> E-mail [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> LinkedIn Profile http://uk.linkedin.com/in/steads _______________________________________________ Crm-sig mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig
