Mac said:
RDA gives the option, in the absence of a collective title, of creating one (with the contents in a note), or of using the titles of the contents. I strongly urge EURIG to have a policy statement to always supply a title for the sake of consistency in describing the same resource; otherwise there will be great variety.
The German working group for the implementation of RDA has set up a sub-working group for all questions concerning whole-part relationships, and compilations without a collective title are one of the cases they are looking into. It's a rather complicated topic, and it's all still under discussion, but if I remember correctly (not being a member of the group myself), the question of title proper is one of the stumbling blocks here.
I don't think we'll end up with made-up titles, though. It wouldn't be in accordance with our cataloging tradition, and the implementation group is not in favour of the alternative in 2.3.2.9.
Heidrun -- --------------------- Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A. Stuttgart Media University Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi
