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Regarding Proposal No. 2012-04: New data elements in the MARC 21 Authority Format for RDA Other Designation Associated with the Person and Title of the Person:

I think a good case can be made for including subfields to record the start and finish date for such a designation: e.;g. for a ruler (queen, king, count).  While perhaps a saint is always a saint, it could be useful to have the date of canonization recorded -- indeed, to record successive titles on the way to sainthood, and the dates when they apply, will help with problems of establishing which Venerable/Blessed/Saint Peter; likewise cases where a marquis becomes a duke, and so on.

Subfields f (start date) and g (end date) seem appropriate.

Hal Cain
Melbourne, Australia
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On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:36 AM, account for net dev and marc <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Proposal 2012-02:  Identifying Titles Related to the Entity Represented by
the Authority Record in the MARC 21 Authority Format
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2012/2012-02.html)

Proposal 2012-03: Data Provenance in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2012/2012-03.html)

Proposal 2012-04: New data elements in the MARC 21 Authority Format for
Other Designation Associated with the Person and Title of the Person
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2012/2012-04.html)

Proposal 2012-05: Making the 250 Field Repeatable in the MARC 21
Bibliographic Format
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2012/2012-05.html)

Proposal 2012-06: Defining Subfield $c (Qualifying information) in Field
028 (Publisher Number) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2012/2012-06.html)

Proposal 2012-07: Defining New Code for Vocal Score in Field 008/20
(Format of music) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2012/2012-07.html)

Discussion Paper 2012-05: Recording Creator/Contributor Group
Categorizations of Works, Expressions, and Persons in the MARC 21
Bibliographic and Authority Formats
(http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2012/2012-dp05.html)


The MARBI agenda and remaining papers will be posted shortly.


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