National Library of New Zealand Policy Statements for: also issued as

NLNZ limits 'format' in the definition for this element to a relationship between physical and online manifestations with the same publisher. Where an expression is published in multiple manifestations in the same format, do not record this element.

Record this element only when:

• the manifestations are held in NLNZ collections; OR
• where needed for automated MARC bibliographic record creation.

Record this element in the metadata description sets for all related manifestations.

See NLNZ guidance.

Music sound recordings: Do not record this element.

Record as: unstructured description; identifier.

Record using a value of Manifestation: title proper.

See NLNZ guidance.