Hi Joan, Regarding Q2, I think if the dates of birth/death are not needed to distinguish the person (and therefore not included in the *authorized access point* element), the dates would still be recorded as a separate element (e.g. MARC 046).
-Arthur Liu On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Joan Wang <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, all > > I have two questions about authorized access points for > person/family/corporate body. > > Q1: > > RDA 18.3 says that creator is a core element. If there is more than one, > only the principle or the first-named creator is required. It also says > that other person/family/corporate body associated with a work is a core > element (if the access point representing that person/family/ corporate > body is used to construct the authorized access point representing the > work). But it does not mention the situation of “more than one”. I assume > that we can follow the requirement for creator if there is more than one > person/family/corporate body associated with a work other than a creator. > > Q2: > > RDA 9.2 -9.18 says that three additions, title, date associated with a > person (birth/death), and other designation associated with the person, are > core, in addition to the preferred name for person. RDA 9.19.1.1 instructs > to construct authorized access point for person. It says “make the > additions specified at *9.19.1.2* (title or other designation associated > with the person) *even if they are not needed* to distinguish access > points representing different persons with the same name”. I cannot > understand why it does not include date associated with a person. Date of > birth/death is actually included in > 9.19.1.3<http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp9&target=rda9-5621#rda9-5621> > –9.19.1.6[image: > http://access.rdatoolkit.org/images/rdalink.png]<http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp9&target=rda9-5694#rda9-5694> > *if they are needed* to distinguish access points representing different > persons with the same name. My understanding is if we define date of > birth/death as a core element, it (if known) should be included in whatever > situations. > > Any advice or thought? Or I overlooked something? I am not an expert. I am > learning :) > > Thank you. > > Joan Wang > > > -- > Zhonghong (Joan) Wang, Ph.D. > Cataloger -- CMC > Illinois Heartland Library System (Edwardsville Office) > 6725 Goshen Road > Edwardsville, IL 62025 > 618.656.3216x409 > 618.656.9401Fax >
