Re: RDA to FRBR mapping

2007-06-25 Thread Antony Gordon
J. McRee Elrod schrieb: I doubt whether most will ever grasp the distinction between manifestation and expression. I think both terms should be tossed for edition, which has served us well. Cheers! Why indeed not say edition instead of expression, and where it is important to

Re: RDA to FRBR mapping

2007-06-25 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
Antony Gordon wrote: Why indeed not say edition instead of expression, and where it is important to differentiate between textually identical versions in different formats, just say versions. Might be a tad easier to grasp. Less flashy, though, but that's something most in the trade may be

Re: RDA to FRBR mapping

2007-06-25 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Anthony Gordon said: Sorry, but that's rather a bibliocentric view. Edition makes no sense for sound recordings ... Edition and/or version would be better understood than neologisms such as expression and manifestation, even in relation to film or sound recordings. We've long accepted that

Re: RDA Chapters 6-7

2007-06-25 Thread J. McRee Elrod
J H Bowman said: I understand that there will no longer be a primary/secondary access point distinction, which makes we wonder what will be in Part B too! Ummm. Without such a distinction, how is one to make added and subject entries for works? Create bibliographies? Generate hitlists