It is my understanding that the AACR2 concept of “uniform title” has no direct equivalent in RDA. In AACR2, a uniform title includes not only the title that is used as the basis of the uniform title but also any addition made to it to make a heading unique (e.g., a date, a qualifier like “Online”) or any subdivision added to it to organize the file (e.g., language, “Vocal score,” “Selections”). In RDA, the authorized access point for a work or an expression includes the authorized access point for the entity responsible for the creation of the work when appropriate, the preferred title for the work and any other element required to uniquely identify the work or the expression (e.g., Form of work, Date of work, Content type, Language of expression). The title portion of such an access point, i.e. the combination of the preferred title and the added elements, does not have a specific name in RDA.
Daniel Paradis Service de catalogage Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, local L-981 Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville Montreal QC H3C 3J7 Telephone: 514 343-6111, ext. 4019 Fax: 514 343-6402 Email: daniel.para...@umontreal.ca http://www.bib.umontreal.ca -----Message d'origine----- De : Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] De la part de Karen Coyle Envoyé : 22 juillet 2009 11:44 À : RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Objet : Re: [RDA-L] (Online) qualifier for series RDA doesn't define a "uniform title," but instead (well, I think of it as instead) has "title of the work". I think this will be an improvement, in part because every Work should have a title, whereas uniform titles were the exception rather than the rule. Oftentimes the title of the work will be the same as the "title proper", which is associated with the manifestation. There doesn't, however, seem to be a specific title for the expression. Maybe someone here could clarify this for us. kc Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > hal Cain wrote: >> >> Just what is the uniform title intended to do here? To serve as a >> one-line identifier for what's being catalogued; to provide a linking >> point for the work content; or to provide a linking point for the >> expression embodied? >> > > This is a really important point. In my reading of our history, the > "uniform title" has traditionally been intended to do _several_ > things, things that sometimes work at cross-purposes. Many of these > things haven't really been "specified", so much as they are tradition > -- and in the current environment, often applied mechanistically > without thinking about intent. > > We need to become clear on what uniform title is supposed to do -- and > I believe, once we have that clarity, it will also be clear that > "uniform title" alone can't do all the things it's been implicitly > depended upon (or hoped for?) to do. We need instead one mechanism > for collocating works, another for collocating expressions, another to > serve as user-presentable display label (supporting doing this in > multiple languages!), another to say what language an expression is > in, and another to do... whatever it is that music catalogers do with > uniform title (there are probably half a dozen different things just > in music cataloging practice, none of which I understand!) > > Jonathan > > >> Until we have that clear (and RDA discussions have failed to make that >> clear to me -- perhaps on account of my inattention, but I can usually >> follow clear exposition) we'll go on making ad-hoc and conflicting >> decisions. >> >> FWIW I don't think the application of FRBR categories provides us with >> the tools to make the distinctions people are talking about here -- >> they're not subtle enough, at least not within the framework of the >> MARC21 bibliographic format. And the success will depend on the display >> created, a matter which RDA chose not to address, but crucial to the >> outcome. >> >> Hal Cain >> Dalton McCaughey Library >> Parkville, Victoria, Australia >> h...@dml.vic.edu.au >> > > -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant kco...@kcoyle.net http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------
