RDA Terminology: A Summary

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RDA Terminology

• RDA Vocabularies: Controlled Vocabularies

-Closed– Open– http://

www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/training2word4.doc

RDA Terminology

• FRBR entities and relationships (model)– Entities

• Bibliographic – Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item

» Work: distinct intellectual or artistic creation» Expression: intellectual or artistic realization of a

work in the form of alphanumeric, musical, or choreographic notation, sound, image, object, movement, etc.

» Manifestation: physical embodiment of an expression of a work

» Item: exemplification of a manifestation

RDA Terminology

• People– Persons – Families – Corporate Bodies

• Subjects– Concepts – Objects – Events – Places

RDA Terminology

• Attributes or characteristics– Examples (see link below)–Work: title, form, date associated with

the work, etc.– Persons: name, date of birth, place of

birth, etc.– Corporate body: date associated with

corporate body, name of c. b., etc.

RDA Terminology

• Relationships (at the heart of catalogue)– (Importance for user tasks: find,

identify, select, obtain, and navigate)– Among group one entities– Among group two entities– Between group one and Group two

entities

RDA Terminology

http://www.aurochs.org/frbr_example/frbr_example.html

RDA Terminology

• Core-ness of RDA elements• Core (mandatory for a national level record)• Core if (mandatory depending on the

situation)• Not core (cataloger’s judgment or local

policy)• http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5chair15.pdf

RDA Terminology

• Mode of issuance and Types of description– Mode of issuance

• What kind of resource are we cataloging? (Single unit, multipart monograph, serial, integrating resource)

– Types of description• Depends on mode of issuance (comprehensive,

analytical, hierarchical)

– Sources of information• Depends on resource, but generally expanded

RDA Terminology

• How to Transcribe• “Take what you see”• “Accept what you get”