> I'd like to see questions about the report card go to this list, so
that
> everyone can learn together, and so that I can start to compile a
> "frequently asked questions" document an improve the readme files and
the
> source code itself.
Per Merilee's invitation, I'll start things off with some items that
the report card (RC) flags as errors. I have looked at the Library of
Congress material on the related MARC fields
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/) and have some questions.
1) The RC says it's mandatory that PUBLISHER
(ead/eadheader/filedesc/publicationstmt/publisher) should have a MARC
encoding analog of 260$b. The 260 field seems to be for publication of
the *material* (books, letters, what have you). Per the EAD cookbook
and the EAD tag library, PUBLICATIONSMT and its child elements contain
information about the publication of the finding aid, not of the
material itself. As such 260 doesn't seem appropriate.
2) The RC says it's mandatory that
ead/eadheader/filedesc/publicationstmt/date should have a MARC encoding
analog of 260$c. Same question applies as for #1.
3) The RC says it's mandatory that CREATION
(ead/eadheader/profiledesc/creation) should have a MARC encoding analog
of 500. MARC 500 is for note fields relating to the material, whereas
PROFILEDESC and its child elements are for information about the finding
aid, right? So 500 doesn't seem appropriate.
4) The RC says it's mandatory that
ead/eadheader/profiledesc/langusage/language should have a MARC encoding
analog of 546. MARC 546 is for "the language of the described
materials" whereas PROFILEDESC and its child elements are for
information about the finding aid, right? So 546 doesn't seem
appropriate. Is it possible this is an accidental overlap of the other
usage of LANGUAGE as a child of LANGMATERIAL? That's where 546 would be
correct, since LANGMATERIAL covers languages used in the actual
collection items.
Any clarification on these points would be much appreciated!
Michele
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Michele Rothenberger
Syracuse University
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse, NY
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