I have not needed to create a religious Preferred name, so I don't have any basis for my comments. Just a note that this seems very confusing without specific examples. I'm also personally concerned about the "choosing a name in a language preferred by an agent who creates the metadata" and similar statements. For example, in Recommendation 3. "Record a value in an official language of a government." could be read as using a term in any official language of any government, instead of it being a term in an official language of the government being described/categorized. Perhaps I'm being too literal.
That's as much criticism as I can offer. Hope it helps.
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Tina MarieMaes
Lead Cataloging Librarian 3
Madison Public Library
tmmaes@madisonpubliclibrary.orgZe/Zer/Zis
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Original Message:
Sent: Jul 05, 2023 09:38 AM
From: Amanda Sprochi
Subject: Comments requested: RSC/LanguagesWG/2023/1 Preferred names and official languages of corporate bodies, governments, and places in RDA
Abstract
The working group was charged with analyzing the concept of "official language" for corporate
bodies, and specifically to consider the text in four sections of RDA:
● Corporate Body: preferred name of corporate body
● Corporate Body: category of corporate body
● Corporate Body: category of government
● Place: preferred name of place
http://rda-rsc.org/sites/all/files/RSC-Languages%20WG-2023-1.pdf
Please comment here or directly to Bob Maxwell or Adam Schiff, NARDAC reps, asap. Deadline is July 5. (Sorry about the short turnaround, I have been travelling.)
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Amanda Sprochi
Cataloger/Data Wrangler
60 Ellis Library
University of Missouri
520 S 9th St.
Columbia, MO 65211
sprochia@missouri.edu
573/882-0461
She/Her/Hers
The University of Missouri occupies the traditional land of the Osage, Kiikaapoi, Peoria, and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ peoples.
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