[DCRM-L] FW: [RDA-L] Color: an attribute at the manifestation or content level?

Wed Jan 23 06:23:24 MST 2013

On RDA-L, Barbara Tillett has suggested a revision of RDA to offer guidance on the cataloging of material in which hand-coloring may not be an item-specific characteristic (you may wish to read the thread below). Would our community be interested in proposing a revision to these guidelines in RDA?

Input from this list (or at the upcoming Midwinter meeting) would be helpful.

Thanks,
Francis

RBMS Liaison to CC:DA

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DCRM(B) acknowledges that hand-coloring is not always an item-specific characteristic. See DCRM(B) 5C3.2:

5C3.2.
Do not describe hand-colored illustrations as "col." unless there is evidence that the publication was issued with the hand coloring. In case of doubt, consider any machine-press publication with hand coloring to have been issued that way by the publisher. Always mention publisher-issued hand coloring in a note (see 7B10.3<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmb7B10PERIOD3&hash=7B10PERIOD3>); make a local note on the presence of other hand coloring, if<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbIfSPACEconsideredSPACEimportant&hash=IfSPACEconsideredSPACEimportant> considered important (see 7B19.1.3<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmb7B19PERIOD1PERIOD3&hash=7B19PERIOD1PERIOD3>).

As you note, the wording of RDA 7.17.1.1 ("... For instructions on recording information on hand-coloured items, see 3.21[http://access.rdatoolkit.org/images/rdalink.png]<http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp3&target=rda3-5517#rda3-5517> ... ") assumes that all hand-coloring is item-specific. I agree, 7.17 probably should be revised in order to (at least) accommodate the scenarios addressed in DCRM(B) 5C3.2.

Francis Lapka

RBMS Liaison to CC:DA

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Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Color: an attribute at the manifestation or content level?

Your question points out an interesting discrepancy in RDA that was carried over from AACR2 (2.17B1) and should be re-examined with regard to Early Printed Resources, where RDA 3.21.2 for item-specific carrier characteristics now includes notes about the "rubrication, illumination, and other hand-colouring...", which indeed are part of the content (expression) embodied in that specific item.  Perhaps someone would like to propose a revision to RDA?

As you noted, in RDA, color/colour generally is considered a characteristic of the content  (RDA 7.17), when it deals with colors for illustrations, images, objects - the content of a resource.  This includes all colors in the spectrum (including black and white, all shades and tints, etc.).
There may also be color involved with a resource for a non-content aspect, like the binding, which could be noted as part of the carrier characteristics (manifestation RDA 3.22 Note, or item-specific data as in RDA 3.21).
Barbara B. Tillett
Chair, JSC

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Joan Wang <jwang at illinoisheartland.org<mailto:jwang at illinoisheartland.org>> wrote:
Hi,

I have a question about color. Is color an attribute at the manifestation or content level?

In FRBR, Color (Image) is an attribute listed under manifestation. The explanation is "Colour is the colour(s), tone(s), etc. (including black and white) used in the production of an image". Here, color is a result from the production.

In RDA, colour content is an attribute listed under expression. The explanation is "Colour content is the presence of colour, tone, etc., in the content of a resource", and "Colour content is also the specific colours, tones, etc., (including black and white) present in the content of a resource".

More explanations are:

Colour of still image is the presence of colour, tone, etc., in a still image or images contained in a resource.
Colour of moving image is the presence of colour, tone, etc., in a moving image or images contained in a resource.
Colour of three-dimensional form is the presence of colour, tone, etc., in a three-dimensional form or forms contained in a resource.

We can say that illustration (image) is a way of expressing a work. Illustration must involve color if color includes black and white. Color is also something that can be perceived from a physical material. In some situations, the color attribute very depends on the production. Here a question: Is color an attribute to differentiate an expression or a manifestation? Or it depends on cases?

Also, according to the definition, color includes black and white. So for any illustrations, we can encode them "color", unless we give more precise descriptions such as black and white, or taupe and blue green.

Thanks,
Joan Wang

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