Tolstoy, Leo: War and peace. There are two ways to interpret this string in a printed catalog, both valid. It expresses a relationship between two entities (author and work) and also serves as an identifier for a single entity (the work). In the former case, Tolstoy functions as an entity, in the latter as an attribute of the work, necessary to differentiate it from others of the same title. We're just not used to disambiguating the string.
Ed Jones -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [RDA-L] Signatory to a treaty Can anyone explain, or point me to an explanation, for how "Signatory to a treaty, etc." became defined as an attribute of a Work, rather than a corporate body with a relationship to a work? It's the only potential Group 2 entity that has ended up in Group 1 space, so I assume there is something particular about it. Thanks, kc -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
