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