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

[Randal Brandt]

In response to a RDA-L comment about the NACO implications, Barbara 
Tillett had the following to say:

"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% accurate - so a few things will be missing or mis-matched.

VIAF could be used by  NACO as a resource - not as the model for the 'authorized' heading. Please also be forewarned, VIAF is still in test mode.  - Barbara"




Deborah J. Leslie wrote:
>
> This brings up interesting questions about what kind of priority we 
> should accord headings in these files. I've just looked at a few 
> records, and find them a little hard to parse, partly because the 
> heavy coding isn't display-friendly, and partly because there seems to 
> be scanty information about the person and justification for the 
> heading.  The lack of information in the records reminds me of 
> pre-1984 LC authority records.
>
> I'd be very interested to hear what kind of experience any of you have 
> using these international authority files. I'll report on our 
> experience, too.
>
> __________________________
> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
> Head of Cataloging
> Folger Shakespeare Library
> 201 East Capitol St., S.E.
> Washington, D.C. 20003
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>

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