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Name Authorities . Metadata Working Group, November 15, 2013 Chew Chiat Naun. Context . A few things to remember about the library authority file: Ostensibly comprehensive (though obviously not really) Cataloguers function as third party Access by filing order. Headings vs identifiers.
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Name Authorities Metadata Working Group, November 15, 2013 Chew Chiat Naun
Context A few things to remember about the library authority file: • Ostensibly comprehensive (though obviously not really) • Cataloguers function as third party • Access by filing order
Headings vs identifiers PCC Undifferentiated Names report • Use of identifiers • Potential to simplify rules • Implications for good practice
Qualifiers vs attributes • RDA separates attributes from headings • Attributes seen as information in their own right
References vs relationships • Authority files started life as cross-reference structures with two basic kinds of relationships: see and see-also. • RDA drastically expands the range of relationships. • Not just the names, but also the relationships need to be controlled.
References vs relationships MARC under strain, e.g. with multiple related identities 100 1# $w r $i Alternate identity: $a Orwell, George, $d 1903-1950 400 1# $w r $i Real identity: $a Blair, Eric Arthur, $d 1903-1950
Silos vsmashups • Even expansion of relationships under RDA is not enough. • Do you still try to fit everything in a single scheme, or mix and match?