[DCRM-L] DPC: changing "relator terms" to "relationship designators"

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Does anybody know if MARC intends to keep up the code list, and reconcile it where necessary with RDA designators?

Traditionally, the BSC has recommended the use of RBMS terms over MARC codes, although we've gone to great lengths to reconcile our term list with the MARC code list, so that libraries preferring to use the codes can still be more-or-less consistent with those who use the terms.

Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Noble, Richard
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The use of codes v. terms world always be inconsistent, so this may not matter--but the best thing about codes is that they are not words. At one point, working with a front end that indexed the codes as keywords along with everything else, they were very useful as limiting terms, specific to the concept, unlike the terms, which are often common words useless for searching.

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On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Margaret F Nichols <mnr1 at cornell.edu<mailto:mnr1 at cornell.edu>> wrote:
The proposal all makes sense to me. If the relator terms become relationship designators, will it still make sense to have them available in coded form (e.g. "prt" for "printer") as well as in spelled-out form, or will they be used only in spelled-out form? Just wondering.

Best to all,

Margaret Nichols


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