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LC-PCC policy statements for access point for place

Prerecording

Prerecording

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Place: access point for place: choice of larger place.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Base access points for place

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Format of base access points for place

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option when the name is to be accessed under the initial article, regardless of language. Retain initial articles for non-English place names in English-speaking countries.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for place names in Arabic and other languages employing the Arabic initial article, and for Hebrew and Yiddish initial articles, and for all place names not covered in the option to include an initial article.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Additional elements and designations in access points for place

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. For places not in the U.S, Canada, Great Britain, or Australia, use the country name. For places in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, or Australia, use the first-level administration name. For Malaysia, include both the first-level administration name and the country.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: If the name of the larger place is not sufficient to uniquely identify the place, apply the option. For Malaysia, include both the first-level administration name and the country.

Data provenance

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2025/07/03
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-f458cddb-4c7b-3e12-ba50-5105eb481055

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