[Asis-standards] ISO votes

[Mark Needleman]

Folks

i just cast the following votes in ISO

ISO/CD 20247, Information and documentation -- International library item identifier (ILII)

Do you agree to the circulation of the draft as a DIS? - YES

New Work Item Proposal: ISO 21047 (ISTC)

Do you approve the creation of a new project to the Revision of ISO 21047? - NO

Comments:

Within Anglo-American cataloging rules, there is a certain need for more robust systems dealing with different bibliographic relationships. 

The main problem that ASIST sees is that of bibliographic relationships: how to visualize and express the different possible networks of textual (conceptual) works, and their different manifestations in print or digital form. Annex E offers models for some of the different networks of relationships, but has to admit in its opening that the models are "not normative," and that "in some cases, it is possible to choose between two alternative structures." 

In the Anglo-American library world, the theoretical model of FRBR and its practical application in the cataloging standards of RDA have tried to clarify these kinds of relationships, but the models in Annex E offer only partial and non-normative adherence to the library bibliographic model. ASIST believes that the ISTC can be applied within the U.S. cataloging world, but that there may not be enough benefit to achieve buy-in. 

In addition, the publishing world tends to operate (ASIST believes) along subtly different models of relationships, with the physical manifestation being much more important to systems applications, even when considering copyright. Here, too, ASIST is not convinced that the community would use the new standard number authority. 

With that, ASIST doubts the standard would be used widely in the U. S. as written. 



Comments provided by Timothy Dickey


Mark