Re: [RDA-L] RDA rule interpretations

2012-12-31 Thread J. McRee Elrod
John Hostage said: The problem of place names is one that has been recognized by the American Library Association as one that needs major revision ... If RDA is to have major revision, perhaps implementation should wait for that revision? Then there is the matter of a new coding schema, which

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2012-12-31 Thread Sylvie LEMAIRE
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Re: [RDA-L] RDA rule interpretations

2012-12-31 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
John Hostage wrote: It's fortunate that there is now a German representative on the Joint Steering Committee. There are a number of provisions in RDA that were carried over from AACR2 because there wasn't time to reconsider them fully in an international context. Yes, we're very glad to

Re: [RDA-L] RDA rule interpretations

2012-12-31 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
Mac, I agree with many of your observations, e.g. that in practice it doesn't make much difference whether a corporate body gets main or added entry. Users probably won't even notice it. Still, I don't think we can simply ignore the relevant RDA rules and stick to our tradition. Because if