Music Library Association Best Practices for choreographic adaptation of work

Prerecording

Record the element in bibliographic records when describing a manifestation of a choreographic work. Use the element Work: libretto based on work in bibliographic records when describing a manifestation of a libretto for a choreographic work. When describing an aggregate that includes both a libretto and a choreographic work in a bibliographic record, generally prefer the element Work: choreographic adaptation of work.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Descriptive Relationship elements and Relationship labels.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

LC/PCC practice: Optionally, apply the instruction using a note.

Recording a structured description

LC/PCC practice: Record the element using a structured description. If possible, express the relationship using a relationship label, or a relationship label in combination with an identifier or IRI, as allowed by the metadata management system. Apply this policy statement when recording: 1) an authorized access point in a bibliographic record, 2) an authorized access point for a related entity in an authority record, or 3) a structured value that is not functioning as an access point. If the metadata management system does not permit recording a relationship label for the element, omit it.

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2026/06/14
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-31ba5a89-88d4-3f94-8dff-c661df84f912