Changes to how knowledge is packaged as a networked resource encounter AACR2 most immediately in rule 0.24. These changes profoundly affect how we understand and resolve the relation between content and carrier and greatly multiply the scale of the multiple versions problem. Changes to how packages of knowledge are published and disseminated encounter AACR2 most obviously in the publication area, but their impact is not limited to this area. Networked resources are packaged in new ways. E-journal aggregations are one.
Networked resources have new qualities.
They are egregiously updateable. For networked resources, updateable publications may become the dominant pattern. Changes to how access to packages of knowledge is controlled encounter AACR2 in the note area. With networked resources, access restrictions are commonplace. With networked resources, the mix of universal and local information in bibliographic records is shifted toward local information.