Transcript What is an RDA subject?

What is an RDA subject?
Gordon Dunsire
Presented to SAC meeting, ALA
Midwinter, Chicago, 2 Feb 2015
Overview
 The JSC agreed at its meeting in Washington, D.C.,
November 3-7, 2014, to add the high-level relationship
“Subject” to RDA. It will be applicable only to the Work
entity. Subject relationship designators will be
accommodated in a new appendix M in RDA Toolkit.
 Reasoning behind the decisions and intended impact
on the utility of RDA.
 Alignment with the FRBR and linked data (Dublin Core
Abstract Model) models.
 Changes to the RDA element set, relationship
designators, and RDA Registry.
 Treatment of embedded descriptions/citations.
Consolidated FR model and subjects
Time
FRBR
FRAD
Group 3
Subjects
Concept
Object
Event
Place
Entities not
confined to
context of
subject
FRSAD

FRSAD and RDA as linked data
Thing
is same as
Work
has as subject
Thema
has appellation
Nomen
has title
has type
W
E
M
I
P
F
C
has name
RDA high-level subject relationship
Work
(has) subject
Anything
(is) subject of
W
P
E
Primary
F
M
I
C
Secondary
J.2.3 Descriptive Work Relationships
 description of (work)
 analysis of (work)
 commentary on (work)
 critique of (work)
 evaluation of (work)
 review of (work)
“A work described by a describing work.”
A work that is the subject of a work.
J.3.3 Descriptive Expression Relationships
description of (expression)
Etc.
Expression
Work
has subject
is subject of
has subject
is subject of
E
Re-defined as cross-entity designators
E
Appendix M: Relationship designators
Cross-entity: the designators relate different entities
(except for Work has subject Work)
Work
Form or genre?
[has] subject [expression]
Expression
 [is] description of (expression)
 [is] analysis of (expression)
 [is] commentary on (expression)
 …
Distinguishing descriptions
W
Expression
W
Catalog, etc.
E
Issue, etc.
[is] described in
[is] description of
[has] reference to
a published citation
“…”
ALA to prepare proposal
Bottom line
“Subject” is not an entity
“Subject” is a relationship between a
Work and something else:
Work “(has) subject” something
Reciprocal relationship:
something “(is) subject (of)” Work
Thank you!
[email protected]
6JSC/ALA/31
Subject Relationship Element in RDA Chapter 23
6JSC/TechnicalWG/3
High-level subject relationship in RDA
RDA Toolkit release, April 2015