RDA Really Detailed Attempts

Chapter 1 = General Guidelines on recording attributes of
MANIFESTATIONS and ITEMS

Repetition is a good thing for me.

1.1.2
"The term resource should be read, where applicable, to include not only an individual entity, but also aggregates and components of such entities (e.g., three sheet maps, a single slide issued as part of a aset of twenty, or an article in an issue of a scholarly journal)."

The idea of an article is very important to me these days with various projects. I need to keep in mind that a resource can be a subpart.

Question: How does RDA compare to DACs? http://www.archivists.org/catalog/pubDetail.asp?objectID=1279


Justification of transcription:
1.2 "In RDA<> another

Lists core elements
Lists elements where script should be from the piece WITH Alternatives, Exceptions, and Optional Additions

Comprehensive, analytical and hierarchical description types.

Analytical (1.5.3) - describe relating larger resource or to other parts in:
Series see chapter 2.12
Reference to a related work see chapter 25.1
Reference to a related manifestation see chapter 27.1

Zipped over to the glossary to check out the definitions found in 1.6.2 Serials:
Mode of Issuance
A categorization reflecting whether a resource is issued in one or more parts, the way it is updated, and its intended termination.

Media Type
The general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource.

Gives some hints on abbreviation punctuation and spacing, numbers - when and how to use them, dates.