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^M00:00:21 >> Paul Frank:  As you know from AACR2, we had a lot of LCRIs on what we used to call rule-driven or rule-required references that needed to be made for corporate bodies.  Those do not exist under RDA. In RDA, variant access points are considered non-core, so we're not requiring those.  Not to say if your cataloger's judgment tells you that it would be appropriate to add a reference, fine; we're encouraging to use your cataloger's judgment.  But this will be a very short module because these are not core elements; variant access points are not core elements in RDA.  So follow PCC developments, whether the PCC recommends that certain categories be made core or be made required under policy or not.  And one that just comes to my mind is from RDA 11.2.2.20 talking about government bodies where it's-- the instruction in RDA says to record as a variant name, the name in the form of a subdivision of the authorized access point representing its immediate superior body when the access point does not include the name of that superior body.  This is what you've been doing all along in the AACR2 when you enter a government body directly, you will add a variant access point through the government, unless, you know, the government might be a part of the name.  But, you know, this is sort of a standard approach that we've taken in AACR2 NACO work.  And maybe this is a category of reference that might be helpful in RDA as well, but it is cataloger's judgment at this point, so just remember that.  And I'm going to leave it up to you to make the decision as to whether or not it's appropriate.  [Background music] So you're not going to be wrong if you don't do it.  You're not going to be wrong if you do it.  It's cataloger's judgment. 
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