Since 9.19.1.4 provides for the optional addition of the fuller form of name even when not required to distinguish between access points, I would consider the examples Amy gives to be fully RDA-compliant, not simply "RDA-compatible".  A previously established heading should be considered as RDA (and left alone) if it follows the guidelines of RDA, even if it is not in the "ideal form" that catalogers using their "best judgment" would have chosen today if establishing for the first time.  I think that an LCPS regarding application of *options* should apply to newly-established headings, not previously established ones (unless the previously established heading is already needing to be modified in some other way to bring it into conformance with RDA proper--not just an LCPS).

Kevin M. Randall
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Northwestern University Library
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Amy Turner
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:02 PM
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> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] RDA name authority record that established an
> apparently unused form of name
> 
> Though Duke has not fully implemented RDA, I have had the RDA NACO
> training, and would like to discuss RDA 9.19.1.4 Fuller Form of name:
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> “If neither the date of birth nor the date of death of the person is
> available to distinguish one access point from another (see
> 9.19.1.3Description: http://access.rdatoolkit.org/images/rdalink.png
> <http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp9&target=rda9-
> 5621#rda9-5621> ), add a fuller form of the person’s name (see
> 9.5Description: http://access.rdatoolkit.org/images/rdalink.png
> <http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp9&target=rda9-
> 4864#rda9-4864> ).”
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> 
> Strict adherence to this rule would change LOTS of AACR2 headings like:
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> Cummings, E. E. ǂq (Edward Estlin), ǂd 1894-1962
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> Eliot, T. S. ǂq (Thomas Stearns), ǂd 1888-1965
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> Montgomery, L. M. ǂq (Lucy Maud), ǂd 1874-1942
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> 
> If we were starting from scratch, I think the RDA rule is sensible, leaving
> out names that the author made a conscious decision not to use (and
> perhaps hated/hates with a passion).  However, as we deal with out
> “legacy data,” I hope that we will choose to consider these AACR2
> headings to be RDA compatible, especially as we are looking forward to a
> linked data world where the “heading” is less important than the
> “identity.”
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> 
> Amy