Another similar example: a broadcast (television, radio, internet).

Bruce

On Thu, 1 May 2003, I wrote:

> On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 09:24  AM, Rebecca S. Guenther wrote:
>
>> In the case of the GMD ([sound recording], etc.), it is the case that
>> the crosswalk says to put 245$h along with title. As I recall we
>> debated this early on. This discussion has convinced me that the
>> better approach would be to put 245$h in physicalDescriptionform
>> which has an attribute authority. We could use "gmd" as the authority
>> in these cases, which would allow us to map from MODS to MARC and be
>> able to put the GMD back in the title.
>
> This looks good.
>
> However, this raises another question for me:
>
> What is the difference between typeOfResource and
> physicalDescriptionform? In the above example, both elements would
> have the same value; right? So then shouldn't the former be simply
> "sound"?
>
> I partly ask for some concrete reasons, such as what typeOfResource
> value would you assign for a public speech (not a recording, but the
> performance)? Likewise, a performed play, or a lecture?
>
> Bruce