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Cataloguing SectionISBD Review GroupInvitation to World-Wide Review of International Standard Bibliographic Description for Cartographic Materials (ISBD(CM)) - 2004 revision(Comments were due by March 31, 2005) In the early 1990s, IFLA's Division of Bibliographic Control set up a Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). Following adoption of the Study Group's recommendations, the ISBD Review Group was charged to initiate a full-scale review of the ISBDs. The objective of this project was to ensure conformity between the provisions of the ISBDs and FRBR's data requirements for the "basic level national bibliographic record" (BLNBR). In the ISBDs, national bibliographic agencies are called upon to prepare the definitive description containing all the mandatory elements set out in the relevant ISBD insofar as the information is applicable to the publication being described. To facilitate implementation of this principle, the ISBDs designate as "mandatory" those data elements that are always to be included in records prepared by national bibliographic agencies, as "conditional" those that must be included under certain circumstances but that need not be included otherwise, and as "optional" those that may be included if desired but that are not required. Therefore, the main task in pursuing this revision project has entailed a close examination of the ISBD data elements that are mandatory to make optional or conditional those that are also optional in FRBR. (In no case is a data element mandatory in FRBR but optional in the ISBDs.)
In addition to the changes resulting from the work outlined above, this version of ISBD(CM), introduces some changes in terminology. Among them is the use of the term "resource" rather than "item" or "publication". ("Resource" is given a specific definition in 0.2). Other changes in wording were made to simplify the text and make it more consistent with other ISBDs. Similarly, in some cases, the order of choice of title proper is changed to be based on typography, then on sequence, to match treatment in other ISBDs. The use of multiple GMDs is under investigation by a Study Group constituted by the ISBD Review Group; as the Study Group reaches decisions on issues to be resolved, changes may later need to be made to ISBD(CM). "Scale" (or its equivalent in another language) is used as a constant in all cases, and "digital graphic representation" has been added for electronic cartographic materials. The Review Group would also very much appreciate contributions of examples to illustrate the particular provisions in ISBD(CM). Composite examples for consideration for inclusion in Appendix C would also be most welcome as would be comments on the examples that are provided in this version for review. We prefer examples in which fewer abbreviations are present. The text itself is presented as a draft for world-wide review. Comments on this draft revision of ISBD(CM) are now being sought. Comments:John D. Byrum, Jr. Chair, ISBD Review Group E-mail: jbyr@loc.gov Reply to: Dorothy McGarry P. O. Box 931119 Los Angeles, CA 90093-1119 USA Tel: +1-310-8250794 Fax: +1-310-2069872 E-mail: dmcgarry@library.ucla.edu | |
