British Library policy statements for Describing a manifestation
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Relating a manifestation to associated works, expressions, agents, places, and timespans
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement. See additional guidance. Exception: Early Printed Resources: Apply if applicable.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement. See additional guidance. Exception: Early Printed Resources: Apply if applicable.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement. See additional guidance.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement. See additional guidance.
Cardinality restrictions for specific kinds of manifestation
Describing a manifestation that is issued in only one physical or logical unit
Describing a single unit manifestation
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British Library: Default MARC encoding.
Describing a single unit manifestation that has two or more parts
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
Describing a part of a single unit manifestation
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British Library: Default MARC encoding.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
Describing a manifestation that is issued in two or more physical or logical units
Describing a manifestation that is issued in two or more units
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British Library: Default MARC encoding.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
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British Library: Apply if applicable.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Describing a part of a manifestation that is issued in two or more units
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British Library: Default MARC encoding.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
Describing a manifestation that embodies only one expression
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. See additional guidance.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. See additional guidance.
Describing a manifestation that embodies two or more expressions
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement. Refer to aggregate guidance.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
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British Library: Apply if applicable. Refer to aggregate guidance.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable.
Describing a manifestation of a diachronic work
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British Library: Apply if applicable.
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British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
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British Library: Apply if applicable.
Document Date: 2025/07/03
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-f61fb937-1caa-11ee-1887-09173F13E4C5