>
> But since I assume the 9.6 core statement was carefully written-it's 
> quite specific about "Spirit" and "Saint"-and it says that aside from 
> those two the element is not core unless needed to differentiate, then I 
> conclude that the element (except for Spirit and Saint) is not required 
> as part of the authorized access point unless the name conflicts with 
> another and there isn't any other way to differentiate.
>
> Robert L. Maxwell
> Head, Special Collections and Formats Catalog Dept.
> 6728 Harold B. Lee Library
> Brigham Young University
> Provo, UT 84602
> (801)422-5568


So now we have to sit tight and wait to see if the LC/PCC documentation as 
a policy makes the element other designation associated with a person core 
for non-human beings and fictitious characters.

--Adam Schiff

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