Indeed, this would probably be more useful for identifying undifferentiated authors than the 372 or 374. Particularly if you could code the object of the relationship, as well.
100 1# $a Smith, John 3xx $a author $t Everything you ever wanted to know about cats 100 1# $a Smith, John 3xx $a author $t History of South Dakota etc. Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Adam L. Schiff Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 3:22 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: [RDA-L] Undifferentiated personal names John Myers' posts mocking up possible ways to display information to disambiguate two identical names made me wonder if perhaps it would be useful to add a new element to authority records to record relationship designators from RDA Appendix I representing the roles of a person. For example: 100 1# $a Smith, John 3XX $a author, $a librettist, $a editor 100 1# $a Smith, John 3XX $a programmer 100 1# #a Smith, John 3XX $a film director, $a screenwriter 100 1# $a Smith, John 3XX $a transcriber 100 1# $a Smith, John 3XX $a translator, $a illustrator Now I do realize that that perhaps Profession or Occupation represented by some of these roles might be able to be used as a qualifier added to the authorized access point of some of these names, but I'm wondering if having roles (especially multiple roles where a single qualifier could misrepresent a person) recorded in a separate element might be useful. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409 (206) 685-8782 fax asch...@u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
