Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Barbara B Tillett
Just a quick response on the 'authority files on the Web' part of this query, the Virtual International Authority File is a reality, even if it is still in start up project mode - try http://viaf.org (for now it is just the personal name authority records from the Library of Congress, the

Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Gene Fieg
VIAF, very cool. Will have to get in touch with my NACO liaison about its relation to NACO work. I just submitted a name for review for Agapius, Bishop of Hierapolis. DNB has it entered under the Arabic form of the name. What does that mean for NACO? Gene Fieg Cataloger Claremont School of

Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Karen Schneider
Description and Access / Resource Description and Access on behalf of Barbara B Tillett Sent: Fri 5/2/2008 1:13 PM To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web Just a quick response on the 'authority files on the Web' part of this query, the Virtual International

Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Barbara B Tillett
DNB and others to eventually join VIAF will not necessarily follow the same cataloging rules or conventions or even the same scripts or language (we hope soon to add more non-Latin scripts) - records for the same entitity are mapped to each other using a computer algorithm that is about 95%