[DCRM-L] RBMS PS Review Q1: Core Elements

Mon Nov 20 09:09:48 MST 2017

I am especially interested in community thoughts on the question: "Should any item attribute or relationship be core?" In the current DCRM tradition, copy-specific information is recorded "if considered important."

It's useful to establish the basis of core. For comparison, RDA says (in 0.6.2):

The RDA core elements for describing resources were selected according to the FRBR assessment of the value of each attribute and relationship in supporting the following user tasks: ...

The BIBCO Standard Record says (page 3):

The standard seeks to ensure inclusion of the essential data elements necessary to meet user needs; it is a solid "floor" description of a resource that can be built upon in a shared environment.

If we define core in RBMS PS along the same lines, I wonder if item provenance merits consideration as core. Would item provenance *not* be considered an essential data element necessary to meet user needs for any agency applying the RBMS PS?

A challenge with item provenance is that it can be recorded in multiple elements:

  *   as mere statement of fact, in 2.18 Custodial History: Formerly owned by John Morris
  *   as material evidence, in 3.22 Note on Item-Specific Carrier Characteristic: Inscription of John Morris, 17th-century
  *   or as a relationship, in 22 Agents Associated with an Item: Morris, John [with RD former owner]
If provenance were core in the RBMS PS, I'd want agencies to have the freedom to record the data in the form(s) of their choosing.

Francis

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Subject: [DCRM-L] RBMS PS Review Q1: Core Elements

The first question for RBMS PS review is which RDA elements should be identified as core for rare materials? The list in RDA proper is relatively short and there are rumblings that in the future there will be no list of core elements in RDA proper and specialist communities will be responsible for establishing their own lists.

Questions for discussion (please respond to the list):

  *   Should all transcribed elements be core?
  *   Is the proposed RBMS PS list of core elements (see list below) appropriate? Are they are elements that should be added or deleted?
  *   Should any item attribute or relationship be core?

The current draft of the RBMS PS proposes the following list of core manifestation elements:

Title

  *   Title proper
  *   Parallel title proper
  *   Other title information
  *   Parallel other title information
  *   Variant title
  *   Earlier title proper (for serials)
  *   Later title proper (for serials)
Statement of Responsibility

  *   Statement of responsibility relating to title proper (if more than one, only the first recorded is required)
  *   Parallel statement of responsibility relating to title proper?
Edition statement

  *   Designation of edition
  *   Parallel designation of edition
  *   Statement of responsibility relating to edition
  *   Parallel statement of responsibility relating to edition
  *   Designation of a named revision of an edition
  *   Parallel designation of named revision of edition
  *   Statement of responsibility relating to named revision of edition
  *   Parallel statement of responsibility relating to named revision of edition
Numbering of serials

  *   Numeric and/or alphabetic designation of first issue or part of sequence (for first or only sequence)
  *   Chronological designation of first issue or part of sequence (for first or only sequence)
  *   Numeric and/or alphabetic designation of last issue or part of sequence (for last or only sequence)
  *   Chronological designation of last issue or part of sequence (for last or only sequence)
  *   Alternate numeric and/or alphabetic designation of first issue or part of sequence
  *   Alternate chronological designation of first issue or part of sequence
  *   Alternate numeric and/or alphabetic designation of last issue or part of sequence
  *   Alternate chronological designation of last issue or part of sequence
 Production statement

  *   Place of production
  *   Date of production (for a resource in an unpublished form)
Publication statement

  *   Place of publication (if more than one, only the first recorded is required)
  *   Parallel place of publication
  *   Publisher's name (if more than one, only the first recorded is required)
  *   Parallel publisher's name
  *   Date of publication
Distribution statement (if present on the resource)

  *   Place of publication
  *   Parallel place of distribution
  *   Distributor's name
  *   Parallel distributor's name
  *   Date of distribution
Manufacture statement (if present on the resource)

  *   Place of manufacture
  *   Parallel place of manufacture
  *   Manufacturer's name
  *   Parallel manufacturer's name
  *   Date of manufacture
 Series statement

  *   Title proper of series
  *   Parallel title proper of series
  *   Other title information of series
  *   Parallel other title information of series
  *   Statement of responsibility relating to series
  *   Parallel statement of responsibility relating to series
  *   ISSN of series
  *   Numbering within series
  *   Title proper of subseries
  *   Parallel title proper of subseries
  *   Other title information of subseries
  *   Parallel other title information of subseries
  *   Statement of responsibility relating to subseries
  *   Parallel statement of responsibility relating to subseries
  *   ISSN of subseries
  *   Numbering within subseries
Mode of issuance
Frequency
Identifier for the manifestation

  *   Publisher's number for notated music
  *   Plate number for notated music
Note on title (note: Always note source of title for serials, graphics, or if the source is other than the preferred source.)
Media type
Carrier type
Carrier type
Extent (note: only if the resource is complete or if the total extent is known)
Dimensions
Base material (for still image resources)
Applied material (for still image resources)
Mount  (for still image resources)
Layout (for cartographic resources)

And the following addendums to the RDA list of core elements for works and expressions:

Coverage of content (recommended)
Longitude and latitude
Dissertation or thesis information
Language of content
Script
Form of musical notation
Format of notated music
Medium of performance of musical content
Scale (for cartographic content)
Horizontal scale of cartographic content
Vertical scale of cartographic content
Projection of cartographic content
Other details of cartographic content

Attached is the RBMS PS for the chapter 0 for additional context and background to the RBMS PS.  The RBMS PS were written to be read in tandem with the RDA proper instruction they correspond to, and consequentially some individual PSs may not make sense without referring to the original RDA instruction.

Best,

Michelle Mascaro, RBMS PS Editor
Head, Special Collections Metadata
University of California, San Diego
(858) 534-6759
mmascaro at ucsd.edu<mailto:mmascaro at ucsd.edu>

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