[DCRM-L] Citations in RDA

[JOHN C ATTIG]

I have played several roles relevant to this proposal. 

First, I drafted RDA Appendix J on behalf of the JSC. I included the Descriptive relationships in Appendix J with the 510 field in mind. Although it was argued that descriptive relationships are by definition subject relationships (and therefore out of scope for RDA at that point), I argued that this particular use case -- references citing published descriptions of a resource -- needed to be supported by RDA, and that treating them as structured descriptions of the "described in" relationship was the best way to do this. 

As a member of the JSC Technical Working Group, I noted that Recommendation 2 in this document would have made it impossible to record a reference citing a particular edition (expression) of a bibliography, etc. (the second editions of the Short-Title Catalogues came to mind). Therefore, I described this use case and urged the group to include what now appears as recommendation 3. 

With this by way of background, I will add that I am still not convinced that the "described in" relationships currently in Appendix J need to be treated as a type of subject relationship -- and that therefore any references to an expression, manifestation, or item cannot be valid. Or, to argue a slightly different point, I think that this use case may demonstrate that not all "subject" relationships relate to the work . However, that is the current state of the models RDA is attempting to follow. Recommendation 3 does at least provide an appropriate element in which to record references to published descriptions, even if those references are in an expression, manifestation, or an item -- which would allow the practice of recording such references in field 510 to be covered by RDA. 

All this is a long way of saying that I agree with Francis's suggestion that we endorse Recommendations 3 and 4 -- and to suggest that we might wish to comment on Recommendation 2. 

John 

----- Original Message -----

| From: "Francis Lapka" <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
| To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
| Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 12:53:24 PM
| Subject: [DCRM-L] Citations in RDA

| The JSC Technical Working Group has just posted a paper of interest:

| “High-level subject relationship in RDA”

| http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/6JSC-TechnicalWG-3.pdf

| I recommend skipping ahead to page 4 of the report (and going no farther than
| page 5), where there is direct mention of Standard Citation Forms for Rare
| Book Cataloging . I copy the relevant portion at the end of this message.

| If I read the paper correctly, it proposes two changes, both of which would
| be useful for our community:

| 1. Recommendation 3 : For each WEMI entity, add a new RDA element (i.e. an
| attribute ) in which we may record references to published descriptions.
| This field would, I believe, directly correspond to our current practice of
| recording citations as notes (in the 510 field). The paper proposes a label
| “Referenced to Publish Citation.” RDA does not, currently, give any explicit
| accommodation for this data.

| 2. Recommendation 4 : “Develop a set of designators that relate WEMI to the
| Work or Expression containing the citation.” This would enable citations in
| the form of relationships to the works/expressions containing the
| information. It would allow us express the relationship to a specific
| Expression containing the citation, which is (I think) exactly what we want,
| given that SCF uses the Expression as the basic unit.

| I’m keen to hear your thoughts. Provisionally, I suggest that we endorse
| Recommendations 3 and 4 (by way of our CC:DA Liaison).

| Francis

| <begin snip, p. 4>

| Rec o mm e n d a t io n 2 : B ri n g t h e R D A d e scri p ti v e r e l a ti
| on s h i p s d e si gn at o rs i n to li n e with F R S A D b y all o wi n g
| o n ly W o r k t o b e t h e do m ain o f p ri m ary d e s c ri p ti v e r e
| lat i o n s h ip d e si gn a t o rs f o r W E M I e n tities (a n d t h e ra
| ng e o f t h e ir r e ci p r o cal d e sig n at o r s ) as i nd icat e d in
| Ta b le 4 , a n d b y a dd i n g s ub - p r o p e r t y r e l a ti o n s h i
| p s to t h e n e w s ub j e ct r e lat i o n s h i p e l e me n t.

| T h e W o rki n g G r o u p r e c o g n i z e s t h at Re c o m m e nd ati o
| n 2 r e m o v es a c c om mo d a ti o n f o r o n e o f t h e u s e cas e s
| t h at t h e " d e s cri b e d i n " r e lat i o n s h ip was i n t e n d e
| d to s upp o rt. T h e " d e scri b e d i n " r e l a ti o n s h ip is t h e
| r e ci p r o cal o f t h e " d e sc r i p ti o n o f … " r e l a ti o n s h
| i p . T h e u se c a se is ill u stra t e d b y t h e d e s cri p ti v e p
| ractice t h at was s p e cified in AA CR2 1 . 7 B 15 , R e f e r e n c e s t
| o P ub lis h e d D e scri p t i o n s, u si n g t h e M A RC field 5 10 . Su
| ch r e f e r e n c e s to pub lis h e d d e s cri p ti o n s o r citat i o n
| s a r e v e ry fr e qu e n tly i n cl ud e d in r e c o r d s f o r rare m a
| t e rial s ; t h e re is e ve n a pub lis h e d l i st o f S ta nd ard Cit a
| ti o n F o r m s f o r R a re B o o k Catal o g i ng , t h e t h ird e d iti
| o n o f w h ich is b e i n g p r e p a r e d f o r pub licat i o n .

| T h ese r efe r e n ces p r o v i d e d etailed i n f o r m ati o n t h at s
| upp o rts t h e i d e n tific a ti o n o f t h e p ar t ic u lar r e s o u r
| c e ( W E M I) b e i n g d e s cri b e d . W h ile m a n y o f t h e b i b
| li o g ra ph ies a n d cata l o g u e s t h at are refere n c ed e xist in o
| n ly o n e ex p r ess i o n (a n d t h e r ef o r e t h e " d e s cri b e d
| i n " r e lat i on s h ip with ra ng e W o r k is a d e qu a te), m a n y
| exist in m u lti p le ex p r ess i o n s a n d t h e r efe r e n ce m u st o
| ften b e to a s p e cified E x p r e ss i o n o f t h e W o r k .

| H o w e ve r , t h e s e m a n tics o f t h e t e rm " d e scri b e d i n " a
| r e si gn ifica n tly d iffe r e n t in t h is cas e . Re c o m m e nd at i
| o n 2 e n s u r e s t h e te r m m ea n s t h e r eci p r o cal o f " d
| escri p t i o n o f". T h e te r m " d escri b ed b y " can h a v e t h e s
| a m e m e a n i ng ; t h is is a n o t h er ex a mp le o f t h e p r o b l e
| m s o f re l y i n g o n la b els. T h e nu a n c e s b e t w ee n "i n " a
| n d " b y " a r e t h o se o f e x t e n t: " i n " i nd icati n g " p art"
| a n d " b y " i nd icati n g " c o - exte n s i v e ". A ls o , t h e te r m
| " d escri p ti o n " can r efer to un str u ct u red o r str u ct u red d
| ata a b o u t a t h i ng . R e c o m me nd at i o n 2 is c o n s i st e n t
| with un str u c t u r e d d a ta (a W o r k ) w h ich is c o -e xt e n si v
| e with i ts T h e m a , t h at is, WE M I.

| T h e u se case is c o n sis t e n t with a s tr u ct u red o r un s t r u ct
| u r e d d e s cri p ti o n w h ich is p art o f a s p e cif i c E x p r e ss
| i o n o f a W o r k w h i c h is n o t i n t e nd e d t o b e a bou t t h e
| p ar t i c u lar s ub je c t o f t h e d escri p ti o n ( t h e s p e cified
| W E M I). L e ss a m b i gu o u s t e r m s f o r a str u c t u r e d d e
| scri p ti o n are " m e ta d a t a", " b i b li o g ra ph ic r e c o r d " ,
| " b i b li o g ra ph ic r e f e r e n c e ", "cit a ti o n ", e t c. T h e R
| D A e l e me n t P r efe rr ed C i t a t io n is a M a n i fe s t a t i o n
| attri bu t e , a n d t h e r e f o re h as a li t e ral c o n tai n i n g t
| h e t e x t o f t h e ci t ati o n as its ra ng e . R D A r e f e rs c o n f
| u si ng ly to s u ch a citat i o n as an un s t r u c t u r ed d e s c r i p
| tio n . T h e d e f i n iti o n s o f t h e r e lati o n s h ip d e si gn at
| o r s ap p e n di x a n d a pp e n di x t o c on tain t h e ph rase "list o
| f r e f e r e n c e s ". T h e s e h a v e o v e rla pp i n g s e m a n ti c
| s.

| T h e n ee d to m ai n tain R D A s upp o rt f o r t h e "ci t ati o n " u se
| ca s e a n d t h e o ve rlap in s em a n t i cs w i th at least o n e R D A
| e l e me n t a n d s e v e ral r e lat i o n s h ip d e si gn at o rs s ugg
| ests t h e d e v e l o p m ent o f a s e t o f d esi gn at o rs t h at r
| elate W E M I t o t h e W o r k o r E x p r e ssi o n c o n tai n i n g t h
| e c i tat i o n , s u ch as "c i t e d i n " a n d "cit e s " f o r t h e r
| e ci p r o c al. T h e se will b e c r o s s -e n t i t y d esi gn a t o rs
| with t h e iss u es d isc u ssed a bo v e. H o w e ve r , t h is d oe s n o
| t p r e cl ud e t h e a dd it i o n o f an a t t ri bu te el e m e n t f o r
| e a ch o f WE M I t h at acc om mo d a t e s t h e text o f t h e cit a ti o
| n to t h e W o r k o r E x p r e ss i o n , in a s i m ilar way to P r efe
| rre d Ci t a t io n . T h e g e n eric la b el o f t h e el e m e n t m i gh
| t b e R e fe r e n ce t o P u b li s h e d C i t a t i o n ( o r Refe r e n
| ce t o P u b li s h e d De s c ri p t i o n if "c i tati o n " is t o o n ar
| r o w). A p r o p o s e d d e fi n it i o n is "A cit a ti o n f o r a pub
| lis h e d d e scri p ti o n o f a … ".

| Rec o mm e n d a t io n 3 : Ad d t o R D A t h e e l e m e n ts: Refe r e n
| ce t o P u b l i s h e d Ci t a t i o n ( W o r k ) , D e fi n iti o n : "A
| citat i o n f o r a pub lis h e d d e scri p ti o n o f a w o rk . " , do m
| ai n : W o r k ; Refe r e n ce to P u b li s h e d C i t a t io n ( E x p r
| e ssi o n ) , De fi n it i o n : "A citat i o n f o r a pub lis h e d d e
| scri p ti o n o f an e x p r e s si o n. " , do m ai n : E x p r e ss i o n
| ; Refe r e n ce t o P u b li s h ed C i t a t i o n ( M a n i fe s t a t i o
| n ) , D e fi n iti o n : "A citat i o n f o r a pub lis h e d d e scri p ti
| o n o f a m a n ifest a t i o n. ", do m ai n : Man i fe s t a t io n ; Refe
| r e n ce to P u b li s h ed Ci t a t io n (I t e m ) , De fi n it i o n : "A
| cit a ti o n f o r a pub lis h e d d e scri p ti o n o f a i t em . ", do m
| ai n : I te m .

| Rec o mm e n d a t io n 4 : D e v e l o p a s et o f d e si gn at o rs t h at
| relate W E M I t o t h e W o r k o r E x p r e ss i o n

| c o n tai n i n g t h e citat i o n .

| <end snip, p. 5>

| _________________________________

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| Yale Center for British Art, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts

| 1080 Chapel Street, PO Box 208280, New Haven, CT 06520

| 203.432.9672 francis.lapka at yale.edu
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