RDA: Resource Description and Access: Chapter: 6: Identifying
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IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS 6.0 6 IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS 6.0 Purpose and Scope This chapter provides general guidelines and instructions on: a) choosing preferred titles for works (see 6.2.2) b) recording preferred and variant titles for works (see 6.2) c) recording other identifying attributes of the work or expression (see 6.3 – 6.13) d) constructing authorized access points representing the work or expression (see 6.27.1 – 6.27.3) e) constructing variant access points representing the work or expression (see 6.27.4). The chapter provides guidelines on recording titles and other identifying attributes as separate elements, as parts of access points, or as both. In addition to the general guidelines, the chapter provides instructions on recording preferred and variant titles and other identifying attributes for special types of works and their expressions: musical works (see 6.14 – 6.18) legal works (see 6.19 – 6.22) religious works (see 6.23 – 6.25) official communications (see 6.26). The preferred title for the work is used to construct the authorized access point. The variant title or titles for the work are used to construct variant access points. Other identifying attributes of the work and/or expression may also be included in the access point (see 6.27). Authorized access points representing works and expressions can be used for different purposes. They provide the means for: a) bringing together all descriptions of resources embodying a work when various manifestations have appeared under various titles b) identifying a work when the title by which it is known differs from the title proper of the resource being described c) differentiating between two or more works with the same title d) organizing hierarchical displays of descriptions for resources embodying different expressions of a work e) recording a relationship to a related work (see chapter 25) or a related expression (see chapter 26). In addition to the general guidelines, the chapter provides instructions on constructing authorized and variant access points for special types of works and expressions: musical works and expressions (see 6.28) legal works and expressions (see 6.29) religious works and expressions (see 6.30) official communications (see 6.31). RDA: Resource Description and Access 6-1 6.1 IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS 6.1 General Guidelines on Identifying Works and Expressions 6.1.1 Sources of Information Take the title or titles of the work from any source. For additional guidance on sources of information for the preferred title for the work, see 6.2.2.2. Take information on other identifying attributes of works and expressions from any source. 6.1.2 Using Access Points to Represent Works and Expressions An authorized access point is one of the techniques used to represent: a work or expression embodied in a manifestation (see 17.4.2) or a related work (see 25.1) or a related expression (see 26.1). When constructing authorized access points, apply the guidelines at 6.27.1 – 6.27.3. When constructing variant access points, apply the guidelines at 6.27.4. 6.1.3 Changes Affecting the Identification of a Work 6.1.3.1 Works Issued as Multipart Monographs For works issued as multipart monographs: If: a new description is created as the result of a change in mode of issuance or media type (see 1.6.1) and there is also a change in responsibility for the work then: construct the authorized access point for the work to reflect responsibility for the work as represented in the part used as the basis for the new description (see 2.1). Consider changes in responsibility requiring the construction of an authorized access point representing a new work to include the following: a) a change affecting the authorized access point representing a person, family, or corporate body that is used in constructing the authorized access point representing the work (see 6.27.1.1 – 6.27.1.8) b) a change affecting the name of a person, family, or corporate body used as an addition to the authorized access point representing the work (see 6.27.1.9). 6.1.3.2 Works Issued as Serials For works issued as serials: If: there is a change in responsibility (see 6.1.3.2.1) or there is a major change in title proper (6.1.3.2.2). then: construct the authorized access point to represent a new work. 6.1.3.2.1 Change in Responsibility for the Work If there is a change in responsibility, construct the authorized access point representing the work to reflect responsibility for the work as represented in the issue or part of the serial used as the basis for the new description (see 2.1). Consider changes in responsibility affecting the construction of the authorized access point for the work to include the following: 6-2 RDA: Resource Description and Access IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS 6.2.1.1 a) a change affecting the authorized access point representing a person, family, or corporate body that is used in constructing the authorized access point representing the work (see 6.27.1.1 – 6.27.1.8) b) a change affecting the name of a person, family, or corporate body used as an addition to the authorized access point representing the work (see 6.27.1.9). 6.1.3.2.2 Major Change in the Title Proper If there is a major change in the title proper (see 2.3.2.13.1), construct the authorized access point representing the work to reflect the title as represented in the issue or part of the serial used as the basis for the new description (see 2.1). 6.1.3.3 Works Issued as Integrating Resources For works issued as integrating resources: If: there is a change in responsibility (see 6.1.3.3.1) or there is a change in title proper (6.1.3.3.2). then: revise the authorized access point representing the work to reflect the latest iteration. 6.1.3.3.1 Change in Responsibility for the Work If there is a change in responsibility, revise the authorized access point representing the work to reflect responsibility for the work as represented in the later iteration (see 2.1). Use the former authorized access point as a variant access point representing the work. Consider changes in responsibility affecting the construction of the authorized access point representing the work to include the following: a) a change affecting the authorized access point representing a person, family, or corporate body that is used in constructing the authorized access point representing the work (see 6.27.1.1 – 6.27.1.8) b) a change affecting the name of a person, family, or corporate body used as an addition to the authorized access point representing the work (see 6.27.1.9). 6.1.3.3.2 Change in the Title Proper If there is any change in the title proper, revise the authorized access point representing the work to reflect the title as represented in the later iteration (see 2.1.2.4). Use the former authorized access point as a variant access point representing the work. 6.2 Title of the Work CORE ELEMENT Preferred title for the work is a core element. Variant titles for the work are optional. 6.2.1 Basic Instructions on Recording Titles of Works 6.2.1.1 Scope A title of the work is a word, character, or group of words and/or characters by which a work is known. When identifying works, there are two categories of titles: a) preferred title for the work (see 6.2.2) b) variant title for the work (see 6.2.3). RDA: Resource Description and Access 6-3 6.2.1.2 IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS 6.2.1.2 Sources of Information Take the title or titles of the work from any source. For additional guidance on sources of information for the preferred title for the work, see 6.2.2.2. 6.2.1.3 General Guidelines on Recording Titles of Works When recording a title of a work, apply the guidelines on capitalization, numbers, diacritical marks, initial articles, spacing of initials and acronyms, and abbreviations, at 6.2.1.4 – 6.2.1.9. When those guidelines refer to an appendix, apply the additional instructions in that appendix, as applicable. 6.2.1.4 Capitalization Apply the instructions in appendix A (A.3) on the capitalization of titles of works. 6.2.1.5 Numbers Expressed as Numerals or as Words When recording a title for a work, record numbers expressed as numerals or as words in the form in which they appear on the source of information. For instructions on recording numerals used to identify particular parts of a work, see 6.2.2.9. 10 things I hate about you Three threes and one make ten 3:10 to Yuma 6.2.1.6 Diacritical Marks Record diacritical marks such as accents appearing in a title for a work as they appear on the source of information. Optional Addition Add diacritical marks such as accents that are not present on the source of information. Follow the standard usage for the language of the data. Études juives Title of first two volumes of series appears without diacritical mark Sur l'état du système des timars des XVIIe–XVIIIe ss. Title appears in uppercase letters without diacritical marks 6.2.1.7 Initial Articles When recording the title, include an initial article, if present.