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
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
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
. McRee Elrod
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:43 PM
To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA to FRBR mapping
Jonathan Rochkind said:
How can the system magically create what the cataloger never recorded
in the first place?
At the time of first cataloguing of an item which is a new
Martha M. Yee said:
The fundamental assumption behind this mapping project, as explained in the
first paragraph, is an incorrect assumption. The elements of the
bibliographic description cannot logically be mapped to one and only one
FRBR entity.
Which points up the basic falicy of the
How can the system magically create what the cataloger never recorded
in the first place? Asking the system to create expression and
manifestation, but telling the cataloger to ignore the fact that such
things exist is just asking for trouble.
On the one hand, we have Martha saying that the
Jonathan Rochkind said:
How can the system magically create what the cataloger never recorded
in the first place?
At the time of first cataloguing of an item which is a new
work/manifestation/expression/item. relationships among these abstract
concepts don't exist to be recorded. Whether or
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