National Library of New Zealand Policy Statements for: preferred name of person
Prerecording
Recording
Recording
Record as: unstructured description.
Recording an unstructured description
Recording an unstructured description
Determine the value, then see NLNZ guidance.
Pseudonyms: see NLNZ guidance ; Personal names consisting of a first and middle name combination: see NLNZ guidance .
Option
Apply.
Persons with two or more names
Predominant name of person
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Prefer the value that appears most frequently in manifestations described in the NLNZ catalogue.
Contracted and expanded names of person
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Names of person in two or more languages
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Greek, Latin, and other names of person
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply only if there is no value that appears most frequently.
Condition Option
Apply only if there is no value that appears most frequently.
Roman names of person
Condition Option
Apply.
Names of person consisting of a given name or a word or phrase
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply only if there is no value that appears most frequently.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Apply only if there is no value that appears most frequently.
Name of person in a non-preferred script
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply. Instead transliterate the value that is in the script that appears most frequently and record the transliterated value only.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Condition Option
Apply.
Condition Option
Do not apply.
Data provenance
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
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Document Date: 2024/09/21
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-18c694fc-a65d-3515-92b6-491ad45674f7