On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 11:32 -0800, Karen Coyle wrote:
> Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
>
> >>
> >> What do you mean by linking here?
> >
> > I mean E-R linking.
> > Where MARC now has a name or subject heading (100, 110, ... 650 ...),
> > there's just the text string of the heading. What belongs there to make
> > it more reliable and versatile is the control number of the authority
> > record.
>
> It needs more than a control number. What we really need is a way to
> express the relationships in a clear way. I suspect that there are many
> more relationships than we code in bibliographic records, primarily
> because we have generally relied on humans to supply the semantics of
> the relationship. So if we include an added "author" entry for person x,
> and the statement of responsibility says: "preface by x," then the user
> looks at the record and makes that connection. That doesn't help us do
> anything interesting with that data in a machine environment, however.
This is where establishing a distinct identity for the preface would
help, and relating it to the work of which it is a part.
preface is-part-of work
preface written-by x
The preface needs a catalogue record of its own!!
--
Conal Tuohy
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
www.nzetc.org
Received on Thu Nov 29 2007 - 19:58:04 EST