LC-PCC policy statements for Fictitious and non-human appellations

LC/PCC practice: Describe a fictitious entity or a real non-human entity as an Agent instead of a pseudonym or an entity that is external to RDA. Use the entity subtypes Person, Corporate Body, and Family as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Fictitious and Real Non-Human Entities.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option f describing a pseudonym. Do not apply the option for fictitious entities.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Use the appropriate recording method, including a structured description.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Instead, relate a non-human entity to an appropriate resource entity using one of the following elements: Work: related agent of work, Expression: related agent of expression, Manifestation: related agent of manifestation, or Item: related agent of item.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Instead, relate a work to a fictitious or non-human entity using Work: subject agent.