[DCRM-L] Question about relator term #e depicted

[Matthew C. Haugen]

If I recall correctly, both "depicted" and "setting" relators were
developed with the intent to parse out these types of relationships from
the subject or "about" relationship. Examples in the MARC21 bibliographic
format documentation for various 6xx fields include examples of "depicted"
with a range of entity types:

60010$aMonroe, Marilyn,$d1926-1962,$edepicted.
[Silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe]

60010$aClovio, Giulio,$d1498-1578,$edepicted.
[Portrait of the miniaturist Giulio Clovio]

61010$aUnited States.$bSupreme Court,$edepicted.
[Group photo of the justices of the Supreme Court.]

61010$aUnited States.$bArmy.$bCavalry, 7th.$bCompany E,$edepicted.
[Picture of a Cavalry troop.]

61120$aDerby (Horse race)$xHistory$y20th century$jdepicted.

63000$aDomesday book,$edepicted.
[Photo of the Domesday book.]

650#0$aSeabiscuit (Race horse),$edepicted.
[Photograph of Seabiscuit, the race horse.]

650#0$aUnicorns,$edepicted.
[Bayeux Tapestry, showing a unicorn.]

651#0$aNiagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.),$edepicted.

651#0$aBonneville Salt Flats (Utah),$edepicted.

Matt

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Allison,
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> I suppose there’s nothing to stop an agency from using the term in a
> narrow sense, e.g. paired only with individual persons.
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> But taking it as defined, *depicted* can be used with any entity – which
> means just about anything goes. An entity can be a person, group of
> persons, and so much more (any *thing*, real or fictional). Note also the
> MARC relator term *setting*:
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> *Setting [stg]*  An entity in which the activity or plot of a work takes
> place, e.g. a geographic place, a time period, a building, an event
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> There, examples of entities include “geographic place, a time period, a
> building, an event.” It seems normal to me (and useful!) that *depicted*
> should also be paired with the same variety of entities.
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> Francis
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Allison Rich
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 25, 2016 7:45 AM
> *To:* DCRM Revision Group List <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Question about relator term #e depicted
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> Hi All:
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> I just worked with Ellen Cordes at the Lewis Walpole Library for a few
> days recently in order to learn how to catalogue graphic materials using
> DCRMG.
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> I had a fantastic time and Ellen is a wonderful teacher.
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> I started to put it into practice when I got back to my library and have
> run across a question which Ellen suggested I pose to the list:
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> It involves the correct usage of the relator term #e depicted.
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> The definition of the relator term reads:
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> "Depicted [dpc] -- An entity depicted or portrayed in a work,
> particularly in a work of art"
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> Does the word "entity" have any weight here. Can I use the term with a
> group of persons (e.g. Jesuits or Quakers) or can it only apply to a single
> person, whether real of fictional?
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> Thanks for your advice and input.
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> Best,
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> Allison
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> --
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> "Outside of a dog,
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> a book is probably man's best friend,
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> and inside of a dog,
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> it's too dark to read.
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> - Groucho Marx"
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> Allison Rich
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> Rare Materials Cataloguer
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> ESTC and NACO Coordinator
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> John Carter Brown Library
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> Providence, Rhode Island
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> Allison_Rich at brown.edu
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Matthew C. Haugen
Rare Book Cataloger
102 Butler Library
Columbia University Libraries
E-mail: matthew.haugen at columbia.edu
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