Mac Elrod wrote: > >Preferred name > basis for authorized access point > >Variant name > basis for variant access point > >Variant name > basis for variant access point > > Could this not be misunderstood to mean one may have more than one > entry > for the same entity in a bibliographic record, despite your comment > that they should be "displayed" as see references? > > So much of RDA's terminology is capable of being misinterpreted.
In RDA chapter 18, we're told to use the identifier or the authorized access point to record the relationship to a person, etc. associated with the resource. Variant access points are in chapter 8, which is generally understood in our current scenario as applying to authority records, not bibliographic records. Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Northwestern University Library [email protected] (847) 491-2939 Proudly wearing the sensible shoes since 1978!
