NLNZ Vocabulary Encoding Schemes
NLNZ Vocabulary Encoding Schemes
- Carrier type
- Category of corporate body
- Category of work
- Colour content
- Content type
- Distinguishing characteristics
- Encoding format
- Extent of manifestation
- Illustrative content
- Intended audience of manifestation
- Intended audience for Schools Lending Collection and Print Disabilities Collection resources
- Production method
- Restriction on access to item
- Resolution
If you need a term that does not appear in the following VESs, talk to a cataloguing team leader about establishing a term.
If a term is added to any VES that has a controlled vocabulary in Alma, the controlled vocabulary must also be updated.
Carrier type
- other
use for USB flash drives; the audio component of VOX books
Note: included in RDA Carrier Type controlled vocabulary in Alma.
Category of corporate body
- Association
- Conference
- Charitable trust
- Church
- Festival
- Firm
- Government agency
- Labour union
- Musical group
- Organisation
- Political party
- Programme
- Project
- Radio station
- Television station
- Sound recording label
- Spacecraft
Category of work
- Series
- Website
Colour content
- colour
- some colour
Content type
- other
- unspecified
These appear in the RDA Toolkit under unstructured description but National Library of New Zealand want to use them as structured terms. When considering applying them, consideration should be given as to whether there is a more specific term that should be added to the NLNZ VES.
Note: included in RDA Content Type controlled vocabulary in Alma.
Distinguishing characteristics
Collection
scope note
Use this term for static collection aggregates when making an addition to an access point for an aggregating work
Microfiche
scope note
Use this term as an addition for Work: authorized access point for work for diachronic works
Microfilm
scope note
Use this term as an addition for Work: authorized access point for work for diachronic works
Online
scope note
Use this term as an addition for Work: authorized access point for work for diachronic works
Optical disc
scope note
Use this term as an addition for Work: authorized access point for work for diachronic works
scope note
Use this term as an addition for Work: authorized access point for work for diachronic works
Website
scope note
Use this term as an addition for Work: authorized access point for work for diachronic works
Encoding format
Terms are based on those previously available in the RDA Toolkit, those listed in the NDHA enhancements requirements for Alma Create Rep Plugin [NLNZ internal document], and most commonly used terms provided by the publisher or present as the file extension.
Note: this is a controlled vocabulary in Alma (347B - encoding format).
- Access
- AIFF
- ArcInfo
- ASCII
- AVI
- BIL
- Blu-ray
- BMP
- BSQ
- CAD
- CD audio
- CSV
- DAISY
- DEM
- DVD audio
- DVD video
- E00
- EPUB
- ESRI shapefile
- Excel
- FLAC
- Flash Video
- GeoTIFF
- GIF
- HD-DVD
- HTML
- iBOOKS
- JPEG
- JPEG2000
- Kindle
- Lotus
- M4A
- M4V
- Megadots
- MID/MIF
- MOBI
- MP3
- MPEG
- MPEG-4
- MS Powerpoint
- MS Publisher
- MS Word
- MXF
- OGG
- Open Document
- PNG
- QuickTime
- RealAudio
- RealVideo
- RTF
- SACD
- SGML
- SVCD
- TeX
- TIFF
- VCD
- VOB
- Warc
- WAV
- WebM
- Windows Media
- WMA
- Word Perfect
- XHTML
- XML
Extent of manifestation
These two VES are a compilation and reorganisation of the RDA Carrier Type vocabulary encoding scheme, the RDA Carrier Extent Unit vocabulary encoding scheme, the RDA Format of Notated Music vocabulary encoding scheme and the previous NLNZ VES: Extent of manifestation for Original RDA.
Extent of manifestation: subunit
- column
- double frame
use for filmstrips and filmslips; stereographs, as required - frame
use for filmstrips and filmslips; stereographs, as required - leaf
- leaf of plates
- overlay
use for overhead transparencies, as required - page
- page of plates
Extent of manifestation: unit
- activity card
- aperture card
- audio belt
- audio cartridge
- audio cylinder
- audio disc
use for all audio disc formats except CDs - audio-enabled book
- audio roll
- audio wire reel
- audiocassette
- audiotape reel
- Blu-ray disc
use in preference to videodisc - card
- case
- CD
use for compact discs - CD-ROM
diachronic works: use computer disc
static works: use CD-ROM - chart
- choir book
use only for notated music - chorus score
use only for notated music - coin
- collage
- computer card
- computer chip cartridge
- computer disc
diachronic works: use instead of CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
static works: use CD-ROM or DVD-ROM where format is known - computer disc cartridge
- computer tape cartridge
- computer tape cassette
- computer tape reel
- condensed score
use only for notated music. Use for hymn scores - diorama
- DVD
use in preference to videodisc - DVD-ROM
diachronic works: use computer disc
static works: use DVD-ROM - exhibit
- film cartridge
- film cassette
- film reel
- film roll
- filmslip
- filmstrip
- filmstrip cartridge
- flash card
- flipchart
- folded sheet
- game
- globe
- icon
- jigsaw puzzle
- medal
- microfiche
- microfiche cassette
- microfilm cartridge
- microfilm cassette
- microfilm roll
- microfilm slip
- microopaque
- microscope slide
- mock-up
- model
- object
- online resource
- overhead transparency
- overlay
use only for cartographic resources - painting
- part
use only for notated music - photograph
- piano conductor part
use only for notated music - piano roll
- piano score
use only for notated music - picture
- portfolio
- postcard
- poster
- radiograph
- roll
- score
use only for notated music. Use for online study scores - do not differentiate between 'study' and 'normal' online scores due to differing definitions and the ability to manipulate digital files - sculpture
- sheet
- slide
- sound-track reel
- specimen
- stereograph card
- stereograph disc
- study print
- study score
use only for notated music. Do not use for online study scores, see score - table book
use only for notated music - toy
- USB flash drive
- video cartridge
- videocassette
- videodisc
only use if DVD or Blu-Ray are not applicable - videotape reel
- violin conductor part
use only for notated music - vocal score
use only for notated music - volume
- wall chart
- web site
Illustrative content
- illustration
- illustrations
Intended audience of manifestation
- Enlarged book for classroom use
Intended audience for Schools Lending Collection and Print Disabilities Collection resources
Note: this is a controlled vocabulary in Alma (Suggested level 921)
- Intermediate
- Junior
- Junior secondary
- Preschool
- Primary
- Secondary
- Senior secondary
Production method
- Produced as a CD-R
- Produced as a DVD-R
Restriction on access to item
Digital resources:
- Archived copy available at the National Library of New Zealand Open Access
- Archived copy available within National Library of New Zealand only Limited On Site Access
- Alexander Turnbull Library Staff Working Tool. Access restricted to staff only
- National Library Staff Working Tool. Access restricted to staff only
Resolution
Maps part of the NZMS digitisation project:
- Map scanned at resolution of 600 ppi