[DCRM-L] 752 and NAF forms

[Rich, Allison]

In the past, our application of the 752 has been spottily and lazily
applied.
We do not code the 2 but we do try to look at the NAF to see what the form
should be.

Our biggest transgression was: Mexico $$d Puebla de los Angeles.
It should be: Mexico $$d Puebla de Zaragoza.

I have done a global change to fix these.

The lesson is to look them up and apply them according to the NAF.

On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 3:15 PM Matthew C. Haugen <
matthew.haugen at columbia.edu> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I have run into some questions about application of 752 for hierarchical
> place names, particularly regarding how to match the individual elements
> against authorized forms in the NAF. Are we comparing against each 151 form
> corresponding to the individual elements, or would it be more like the 781
> which is already in hierarchical order?  Some of these are supplied
> automatically during our vendor processing so I'd like to ensure some
> consistency but practice in OCLC seems quite mixed. Perhaps it's better to
> leave out $2 naf if in doubt?
>
> Example 1: Wittenberg has this form in the NAF:
> 151__ $a Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
> 781_0 $z Germany $z Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)
>
> In the 752, should this become:
> 752__ $a Germany $b Saxony-Anhalt $d Wittenberg $2 naf (moving qualifier
> to intermediate position in hierarchy)
> or
> 752__ $a Germany $d Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt) $2 naf (matching qualifier
> as found in 781)
> or
> 752__ $a Germany $b Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) $d Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt,
> Germany) $2 naf (keeping all qualifiers matching NAF form within each
> element)
> or something else?
>
> Example 2: Belfast, Northern Ireland has this form in the NAF:
>
> 151__ Belfast (Northern Ireland)
> 781_0 $z Northern Ireland |z Belfast
>
> Since NAF convention omits the parent country for both authorized forms
> and as geographic subdivisions when it's US, UK, Canada, or Australia, what
> should we supply in $a in this case (if anything)?
>
> 752__ $a Great Britain $b Northern Ireland $d Belfast. $2 naf
> or
> 752__ $a United Kingdom $b Northern Ireland $d Belfast. $2 naf
> or something else?
>
> Great Britain would be the authorized form in the NAF but this seems
> nonsensical in this case since Northern Ireland is not on the island of
> Great Britain, as England, Scotland and Wales are, but is currently part of
> the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
>
> Thank you for your advice.
>
> Matthew
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