J. McRee Elrod <m...@slc.bc.ca> wrote: > What is core for RDA, and what is core for patron needs, are two > *very* different things! AACR2 had a qualified GMD: "text (large > print)" which worked very well. This is but one example of AACR2's > superiority over RDA in terms of meeting patron needs, as opposed to > conforming to theory. >
To be fair, AACR2's GMDs are marked as optional and don't appear at all under 1.0D's first level of description (which is on par with RDA's core cataloging--RDA for the most part follows in AACR2's footsteps). If it's a matter of why 30-some years of GMDs and AACR2 practice never resulted in more elements being added to the "must have" pile irrespective of levels of description, I can't say. -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
