Re: [RDA-L] Relationship designator for corporate creator

2013-11-30 Thread Adam L. Schiff
The corporate body is the creator of the work. The relationship designator would either be "author" or if you preferred to use the element name (see the PCC guidelines on relationship designators), "creator". Adam Schiff University of Washington Libraries On Sat, 30 Nov 2013, Wilson, Pete wro

Re: [RDA-L] Relationship designator for corporate creator

2013-11-30 Thread Adam L. Schiff
Neither an issuing body nor a host institution is a creator in RDA, so using those relationship designators in 110 fields is not correct. Works are not named by combining the authorized access point for issuing body or host institution with the preferred title for the work. To be a 110, the c

Re: [RDA-L] Relationship designator for corporate creator

2013-11-30 Thread John Hostage
I agree that "author" is unsatisfactory as a relationship designator for a corporate body. I don't think it meets most users' expectations of what an author is. Appendix I doesn't have terms to cover all the possibilities in chapter 19 or other chapters. Moreover, the scope note for "author" i