Kevin Randall posted:
>The assignment of 264 2nd indicators makes absolutely perfect sense
>when you see that they parallel the RDA instructions which led to
>their creation.
You are correct. It is the order of directions in RDA which makes no
sense.
>But regardless, all MARC tags are arbitrary anyway
Not for Ms Avram, but certainly subsequently to her. For example,
the total lack of logic to the order of 5XX, which divides related
information, e.g., 506 and 540, 508 and 511. Notes of little interest
to patrons such a source of title in within the item is 500, but
requirements for use, very significant for users, is 538. Then there
is 33X; the original 33X proposal had them in general to specific
order, which was more logical. Both 337 and 338 have more in common
with legacy GMDs than 336.
If would make programming for display much easier if logical order
were followed is assigning field tags.
How will this work in Bibframe? There is no order inherent to verbal
labels apart from alphabetical, which obviously can't be used.
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