[DCRM-L] RDA revision proposal: References to Descriptions

[Matthew C. Haugen]

Hi all,

I welcome your feedback on an RDA revision proposal on References to
Descriptions. This proposal is being led by RBMS and proposes new
relationship designators and revised instructions to accommodate references
and citations of the type usually recorded using Standard Citation Forms
(SCF) in MARC 510.

http://alcts.ala.org/ccdablog/?p=2073

There won't be much time on the BSC agenda at Annual, so I encourage your
feedback before then either directly to me or on the list. Commenting on
the CC:DA blog is restricted to current members and liaisons, so I will be
happy to convey a DCRM response.

I have a few questions, and I hope that the draft will be improved by
discussion of these issues:

1. Guidance on the use of SCF is currently given in LC-PCC PS 25.1 (Related
work), and I expect that this will continue to exist in RBMS documentation
and policy statements external to the RDA text even if the proposal is
accepted. Chapter 25 accommodates work-work relationships, and "descriptive
relationships" have been re-modeled as subject relationships. This proposal
emphasizes that the referential relationship embodied in a typical rare
materials reference is manifestation-to-expression or item-to-expression;
our proposal focuses narrowly on these cases in revisions to Chapter 26
(related expressions), but in doing so it opens the door to other
cross-entity relationships throughout chapters 24-28. Does the proposal
need to address those cases as well?

2. RDA gives four basic methods for identifying the related entity along
with a relationship designator; authorized access point, identifier,
structured description, or unstructured description. I wonder whether a
standard citation form most closely resembles one of these methods. It
seems to me it's either a type of authorized access point (even if
formulated differently from RDA) or a structured description.

Thanks in advance for your feedback, and thanks also to the co-authors who
worked hard on this draft: Francis Lapka, Allison O'Dell, John Attig, and
Larry Creider.

Matt

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Matthew C. Haugen
Rare Book Cataloger
102 Butler Library
Columbia University Libraries
E-mail: matthew.haugen at columbia.edu
Phone: 212-851-2451
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