--- Begin Forwarded Message ---
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 10:10:11 -0600 (CST)
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: MARBI proposals and discussion papers
Sender: [log in to unmask]


Proposals and Discussion Papers of interest to Map Cataloging

2000-02 Renaming of Subfield $u to Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) in Field
856 in MARC 21 Formats - This proposal recommends that subfield g (Uniform
Resource Name) be made obsolete and both Uniform Resource Locators and Uniform
Resource Names be recorded in subfield u.  When subfield u was first developed,
the functioning of URNs was not completely understood.  It is now clear that
the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) considers the distinction between URL and
URN not meaningful. Continuing to maintain a separate subfield for URNs is not
needed.  The subfield u would have to be made repeatable, as a resource can
have both a URL and a URN.

2000-03 Definition of Subfield $2 (Source of term) in Field 583 of the MARC 21
Bibliographic and Holdings Formats - Field 583 (Action Note) contains
information about processing actions as well as preservation actions. It
documents management and treatment information.  The geospatial community is
using 583 to record manipulation of a file, such as modification of a data set.
Standard terminology has been established to describe retention and
preservation actions to allow for predictable retrieval.  Subfield 2 would
allow the recording of what thesaurus the terms being used in field 583 come
from.

2000-4 Anonymous Attribution Information in Personal Name Headings - This
proposal stems from Discussion Paper 115 and concerns the need by those
cataloging art works to record the varying levels of certainty of attribution
of anonymous works.  The art world has evolved elaborate, nuanced terminology
for referring to the creators of works of art. The proposal suggests either
redefining subfield g (Miscellaneous information) in X00 (Personal Name) fields
for anonymous attribution information in MARC 21 bibliographic, authority,
classification, or community information records or defining subfield j
(Anonymous attribution information) in the X00 (Personal Name) fields in the
MARC 21 bibliographic, authority, classification, and community information
formats.

2000-05 Uncontrolled names as subjects in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and
Community Information Formats - This proposal would add a second indicator to
field 653 (Index Term-Uncontrolled) to indicate that the information recorded
in the field is either not specified (blank), a personal name (1), or an other
name (2).

2000-06 Defining URI Subfields in Fields 505, 514, 520, 530, 545, 552, and 773
- This proposal seeks to add a subfield for Uniform Resource Identifiers to
field 505 (Formatted Contents Note); 514 (Data Quality Note); 520 (Summary,
Etc.); 530 (Additional Physical Form Available Note); 545 (Biographical or
Historical Data); 552 (Entity and Attribute Information Note); and 773 (Host
Item Entry).  For most of these fields, a URI pointing to information would
prevent extensive amounts of text won't be embedded in the MARC record.  Of
particular interest to those cataloging geospatial metadata is the inclusion of
fields 514 (Data Quality Note), 520 (Summary, etc.), and 552 (Entity and
Attribute Information Note) which could cut down on the recording of redundant
information in multiple records.

Discussion Paper 120-2000 discusses the possibility of integrating the MARC 21
Format for Community Information with the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic
Data. It identifies the small number of data elements that are unique in the CI
format and the impact integration of these might have on the bibliographic
format.

If you have any questions or comments on these proposals and discussion paper,
please contact me.

Susan Moore
Rod Library
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA



--- End Forwarded Message ---