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LC-PCC policy statements for access point for corporate body

Prerecording

Prerecording

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Corporate Body: SES: Access point for Corporate Body.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Option

LC/PCC practice: Follow the instructions at Corporate Body: authorized access point for corporate body or Corporate Body: variant access point for corporate body

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if not using a vocabulary encoding scheme as a source of information.

Base access points for corporate body

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Omissions and changes to a name

Initial articles

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option. If the initial article is accessed under the article, then apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Names consisting of or containing initials

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Record a value that reflects the punctuation used in the resource. Optionally, record a variant access point that applies the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Record a value that reflects the punctuation used in the resource. Optionally, record a variant access point that applies the option.

Citations of honours

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Terms indicating incorporation and certain other terms

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term or abbreviation is an integral part of the name or the term or designation is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term or abbreviation is not an integral part of the name or the term or designation is not needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term appears at the beginning of the name, is not an integral part of the name, and is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is not an integral part of the name or is not needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is an integral part of the name or is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term appears at the beginning of the name, is not an integral part of the name, and is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is not an integral part of the name or is not needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is an integral part of the name or is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term appears at the beginning of the name and is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the initial word or phrase is not an integral part of the name or is not needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the initial word or phrase is an integral part of the name or is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.

Ships

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Conferences, etc.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Format of base access points for corporate body

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the following situation: If a term indicating incorporation, etc., is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body, and the term occurs at the beginning of the name, then transpose the term to the end of the name.

Additional elements and designations in access points for corporate body

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict or to assist in identification.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the name of the corporate body does not suggest that it is a corporate body. Add the designation in English.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict. In an authorized access point, include a category of government in English, or in the language of the corporate body when there is no equivalent term in English. Do not also add a category of government to the city or town in conflict.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict or to assist in identification, if the associated institution's name is commonly associated with the name of the corporate body. Prefer the associated institution's name instead of the local place name when using it as the Corporate Body: place of conference.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict. Add the designation in English.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Higher or related corporate bodies

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Include the value of a Corporate Body: authorized access point for corporate body of the intervening body in the hierarchy if needed to distinguish access points.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

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: 2025/06/09
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-c9df882c-92f7-343d-a49b-651455a78c5e

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