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