So, currently, creating AACR-MARC, a cataloger enters a 'transcribed place' (as given on an item) as Place of publication in 260$a, and enters the 'controlled place' in 008Ctry; and will continue to do this while creating RDA-MARC.
It sounds like when creating RDA-Linked Data, the cataloger will still enter a transcribed place as data element: Place of Publication; and, if possible, add a link to a 'record' for controlled place name for the transcribed place. It will be great if we can get 'cataloging software' that is sophisticated enough, that: - if the transcribed place matches only one controlled place, then the relationship link (Transcribe place is Controlled place) is made automatically between transcribed place and controlled place - if the transcribed place matches more than one controlled place, then a list of controlled places is presented to the cataloger, who picks one for the link - if the transcribed place does not match a controlled place, then the cataloger must find or create a new entity 'record' for the controlled place and link the transcribed place to it. If we cannot get cataloging software that is sophisticated enough to help in this manner, then the cataloger: - either manually searches for the controlled place and (somewhere in the 'cataloging form') adds a link for it to the transcribed place (similar in concept to verifying a bibliographic heading against an authority heading; though undoubtedly done quite differently than we do it now) - or just enters the transcribed place, and the transcribed place is all that is available until some other cataloger provides the link to the controlled place in the shared linked data. But we still need a 'place' (sorry) to put the link (or have it put for us), don't we? Deborah ------ Deborah Fritz MARC Database Consultant The MARC of Quality www.marcofquality.com Voice/Fax: (321) 676-1904 > -----Original Message----- > From: Myers, John F. [snip] > > <place_of_publication controlled="U.S.A., New York (State), > New York">New-York</place_of_publication> > > Or alternatively, > > <place_of_publication transcribed="New-York"> > <publication_country>U.S.A.</publication_country> > <publication_state>New York (State)</publication_state> > <publication_city>New York</publication_city> > </place_of_publication> > > Better yet, swap in some URIs: > > <place_of_publication URI="[URI for N.Y., > N.Y.]">New-York</place_of_publication> > or > <place_of_publication transcribed="New-York">[URI for N.Y., > N.Y.]</place_of_publication> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Coyle > > I assume we do need to figure out how to distinguish between > transcribed and not-transcribed, at least in some cases. I'm > not sure if it always requires a different element, although > I suspect you are right. > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5031 (20100415) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
