在国外图书馆，给实物做编目并不鲜见。曾在网上找到过一张编目员与人体骨架的合影，名为 I cataloged this，这个实物就有点特别了：
在2000年的时候，Arlene G. Taylor教授为了说明编目是有未来的，在演讲中指出，可以用ISBD编目任何东西(Using ISBD to Catalog Anything)，并以宠物猫举例(p.14)：
Calli [realia] : beloved pet / raised and loved by Arlene Taylor, Debbie Dowell, and Jon Dowell. – Final ed. / overseen by a Higher Power. – Tabby. – Manhasset, N.Y. : Community Church Manse, 1992.
1 cat : male, black and white, 15 lbs. ; 62 cm., in casket 20 x 36 x 12 cm. + 1 collar (red ; 10 in.). – (Taylor cat series ; no. 3)
Original title: Callimachus.
Earlier version published: Durham, N.C. : SPCA, 1979.
ISCN: 101-01-0101 : priceless : available in the next life
在大约2004年的时候，Rick Block（2008年LJ教学奖获得者）对原PPT的内容进行了增强，把例子中的宠物猫变成了宠物狗(p.19)：
Rocky [realia] : beloved pet / raised and loved by Rick Block and Bill Vosburg. — Shih tzu. — Missouri : Farm, 1999-
1 dog : male, black and white, 18 lbs. ; 51 x 33 cm. (Block/Vosburg dog series ; no. 1)
ISDN: 101-01-0101 : priceless.
上面给出的都是卡片格式，Rick Block进一步给出了MARC记录(p.20)
OCLC: NEW Rec stat: n
Entered: 20030207 Replaced: 20030207 Used: 20030207
Type: r ELvl: I Srce: d Audn: Ctrl: Lang: dog
BLvl: m Form: GPub: Time: nnn MRec: Ctry: mou
Desc: a TMat: r Tech: n DtSt: m Dates: 1999,9999
040 $a ZCU $c ZCU
020 $a 101010101 : $c priceless
090 $a SF429.S64 $b R62 1999
092 $a 636.76 $2 21
049 $a ZPSA
245 00 $a Rocky $h [realia] : $b beloved pet / $c raised and loved by Rick Block and Bill Vosburg.
256 $a Shih tzu
260 $a Missouri : $b Farm, $c 1999-
300 $a 1 dog : $b male, black and white, 18 lbs. ; $c 51 x 33 cm.
490 1 $a Block/Vosburg dog series ; $v no. 1
650 0 $a Shih tzu.
830 0 $a Block/Vosburg dog series ; $v no. 1.
上面的例子说明，只要不给自己设限，不需要RDA，也可以给任何东西编目。
出处1（共28页PPT）：
CATALOGING: Ticket to the Past, the Present, and the Future
Arlene G. Taylor
Presented for the Resources and Technical Services Forum,
Iowa Library Association Annual Conference, October 20, 2000
出处2（共57页PPT，应未正式发表）：
CATALOGING: Ticket to the Past, the Present, and the Future
Rick J. Block