On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Lee Passey <[email protected]> wrote: > So, when dealing with the FRBR model, I think it is very important /not/ to > take "the library cataloging view." If we all know that an association cannot > author a document then there is no reason we should continue to refer to that > association as an 'author'.
Well, these discussions get interesting when we try to generalize about what "we all know". > entity." Additionally, my educational background is not in library science, > but in the law, and I am quite certain that the definition of "Corporate Body" > has no connotation of "any association of individuals regardless of legal > status," and cannot be construed to encompass "any and all entities that are > not persons." "Corporate Body" may be a term of art in Library Science, but > there is no justification for perpetuating those kinds of legacy inaccuracies > moving forward. Sure it can be construed that way. It is just as important not to take a U.S. legal system view of the model either. Innacuracies? Snort. If we're talking about what we all know, we all know that legal status doesn't determine what people do, how they act, how they write, and how they wish to abscribe responsibility and credit. People do things in groups, and the membership and participation in the group can mutate over the duration of the work's creation process. This is a regular human activity, regardless of how the group is labelled by its members or others. Absurd legal fictions like corporate personhood have little relevance to this common process. Terms like "corporate body" may have a different definition or connotation in the legal sphere than in the library science sphere. It probably has other connotations in other contexts also. That doesn't make it intrinsically wrong. It just means it needs definition for the context. - Alan _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
