Re: Preferred access point - some queries

From: Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 08:24:32 +0200
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> 
> I think "preferred access point" is a really bad choice of term.  What 
> they should have called this is "Citation Heading" or something like 
> that, something involving the word "citation" or perhaps "reference".
> It's purpose is so you can "cite" or "reference" a different record in 
> (for example) a 700 name-title.

Of course. For a while, in the RDA drafts, the term "citation" was 
explicitly used for this purpose. Then, however, it vanished without
a trace or notification.

B.Eversberg
Received on Wed May 05 2010 - 02:28:46 EDT