Seems like it would make most sense to give the name of the ship, if known--it would be just like using the name of a conference center, which is sometimes done. But since the name is not known, I would think that the number and date should be sufficient.
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> Subject: [PCCLIST] Conference held at sea
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> Hello PCCList,
>
> We are trying to make an authority record for the 9th instance of this
> conference:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
> 3A__www.mediterranean2014.sdewes.org_&d=CwIFAg&c=yHlS04HhBraes
> 5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=_8sm0BMEposbPqfkWv4C0ORbG0
> F1D_ZhRbbftGu7I50&m=Pg41aMZb8RQoLbamfrzuT4jol8QRf5lJ70bybVI2S
> d0&s=UeVMoomx6o17TvJh_29xzBwgOeNeG8LfH21q545Ss0I&e=
>
> The conference was held at sea on a ship going from Venice to Istanbul.
>
> What would you put for the location of the conference?
>
> I'm leaning towards using Mediterranean Sea but I don't know if that
> would be allowable. All the examples for conference locations in RDA are
> jurisdictions. I don't want to use Venice and Istanbul since it wasn't
> actually held in those places.
>
> We don't have the name of the ship, but if we did, could you use the
> name of the ship for an "associated institution"?
>
> Or would you just omit this element altogether?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Ryan J. Finnerty
> Head, Database and Authorities Management | NACO Coordinator
> UC San Diego Library | Metadata Services
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