Bernhard Eversberg says:
>If you want unified access to names on the one hand (regardless of
>functions) but still differentiate between different categories of names,
>this can of course be done.
>MARC does it by providing just one descriptive field into which you enter
>the "Statement of responsibility" in the form given on the piece being
>cataloged. For the access points, there are different fields for persons
>and corporate bodies, their functions can be coded in subfields and/or
>indicators. If unified indexing is the goal, one might downgrade MARC
>to have just one repeatable names field, not indicating any functions in
>it. The functions are only in the descriptive field - which does not and
>need not get indexed.
I think this needs clarification. There are indeed separate field tags for
personal, corporate or conference names (X00, X10, X11), which can appear
in different blocks (1XX=main entry, 6XX=subject, 7XX=added entry,
8XX=series). The blocks allow "unified" indexing to occur, no matter the
function the heading serves. There is also 720, which is undifferentiated,
and designed to carry names of unknown type.
>This would suggest a different approach for DC: instead of the three fields
>there are now, one would have
>
>DC.Responsibility Text, not intended for indexing, saying who's done what,
> containing names as given
>
>DC.Name repeatable for all persons and bodies involved,
> containing the forms of names suitable for indexing
>
Sorry, not something I could support. The distinction between description
and access makes a great deal of sense in a book-oriented, MARCish world,
but it doesn't carry over well into DC or electronic resources in general.
Diane
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