OLAC Best Practice for name of agent of manifestation

Prerecording

Prerecording

Prefer narrower element. Consider Manifestation: name of distributor, Manifestation: name of manufacturer, Manifestation: name of producer, or Manifestation: name of publisher.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Name of agent not identified

Statement of function

Data provenance

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2026/02/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-c08e5b16-9d08-3d4d-a7b2-4c052b8bcdcd