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Bob, See the "normal" attribute for the various name elements. It porvides a place to render a "normalized" form of a name, e.g., inverted AACR2 format. Michael Fox >---------- >From: Bob Kosovsky[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 8:13 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list EAD >Subject: Name index? > >The EAD lets us mark up the text of a finding aid. Yet, perhaps because I do >MARC cataloging, I don't see a standard metholodology for dealing with names >in >a manner that will allow retrieval based on standard practices. > >To be sure I am familiar with the various elements one can use to mark up a >name. But if one is simply marking up a finding aid, that name could appear, >for example, in direct or indirect order. What mechanism is there for >collocating names? > >I can see the possibility that one could always include a kind of "invisible" >entry whenever one uses a name in direct order, but it seems that some >standardized method should be used here. > >(Thanks again Kris Kiesling for the FAST Track sessions!) > >Bob Kosovsky student >Librarian Ph. D. program in music >Music Division Graduate Center >The New York Public Library City University of New York >[log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] >------ ***** Listowner, [log in to unmask] ***** ----- > Administriva: [log in to unmask] >My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions. >