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Policies

LC-PCC policy statements for Agent entity

Prerecording

Minimum description

Effective description

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Entity boundary

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Elements

  • abridger agent of
  • access point for agent
  • actor agent of
  • address of agent
  • addressee agent of
  • agent described by
  • agent described with metadata by
  • aggregator agent of
  • animator agent of
  • appellation of agent
  • architect agent of
  • arranger agent of music of
  • art director agent of
  • artist agent of
  • assigner agent of
  • audio engineer agent of
  • audio producer agent of
  • author agent of
  • authorized access point for agent
  • binder agent of
  • book artist agent of
  • book designer agent of
  • braille embosser agent of
  • broadcaster agent of
  • calligrapher agent of
  • cartographer agent of work of
  • caster agent of
  • casting director agent of
  • category of agent
  • censor agent of
  • choral conductor agent of
  • choreographer agent of
  • collection registrar agent of
  • collector agent of
  • collotyper agent of
  • colourist agent of
  • commentator agent of
  • commissioning agent of
  • compiler agent of
  • composer agent of work of
  • conductor agent of
  • consultant agent of
  • contributor agent of cartography of
  • contributor agent of choreography of
  • contributor agent of computer content of
  • contributor agent of moving image of
  • contributor agent of music of
  • contributor agent of object of
  • contributor agent of speech of
  • contributor agent of still image of
  • contributor agent of text of
  • contributor agent to aggregate of
  • contributor agent to amalgamation of
  • contributor agent to performance of
  • costume designer agent of
  • court reporter agent of
  • creator agent of expression of
  • creator agent of manifestation of
  • creator agent of work of
  • current owner agent of
  • custodian agent of
  • dancer agent of
  • dedicatee agent of item of
  • dedicatee agent of work of
  • dedicator agent of
  • depositor agent of
  • designer agent of
  • director agent of
  • director agent of photography of
  • distributor agent of
  • DJ agent of
  • donor agent of
  • draftsman agent of
  • dubbing director agent of
  • editor agent of
  • editor agent of moving image work of
  • editorial director agent of
  • engraver agent of
  • etcher agent of
  • field of activity of agent
  • film director agent of
  • film distributor agent of
  • film producer agent of
  • filmmaker agent of
  • former owner agent of
  • founded corporate body of agent
  • founder agent of work of
  • honouree agent of item of
  • honouree agent of work of
  • host agent of
  • identifier for agent
  • illuminator agent of
  • instructor agent of
  • instrumental conductor agent of
  • instrumentalist agent of
  • interviewee agent of expression of
  • interviewee agent of work of
  • interviewer agent of expression of
  • interviewer agent of work of
  • inventor agent of
  • issuing agent of
  • landscape architect agent of
  • language of agent
  • letterer agent of
  • librettist agent of
  • lighting designer agent of
  • lithographer agent of
  • lyricist agent of
  • makeup artist agent of
  • manufacturer agent of
  • minute taker agent of
  • mixing engineer agent of
  • moderator agent of
  • modifier agent of
  • music programmer agent of
  • musical director agent of
  • name of agent
  • narrator agent of
  • note on agent
  • onscreen participant agent of
  • onscreen presenter agent of
  • organizer agent of
  • owner agent of
  • panelist agent of
  • papermaker agent of
  • performer agent of
  • period of activity of agent
  • photographer agent of work of
  • platemaker agent of
  • preferred name of agent
  • presenter agent of
  • printer agent of
  • printmaker agent of
  • producer agent of
  • producer agent of unpublished manifestation of
  • production designer agent of
  • programmer agent of
  • publisher agent of
  • puppeteer agent of
  • radio director agent of
  • radio producer agent of
  • rapporteur agent of
  • recording engineer agent of
  • recordist agent of
  • related agent of agent
  • related collective agent of agent
  • related corporate body of agent
  • related entity of agent
  • related expression of agent
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  • related item of agent
  • related manifestation of agent
  • related nomen of agent
  • related person of agent
  • related place of agent
  • related RDA entity of agent
  • related timespan of agent
  • related work of agent
  • remix artist agent of
  • researcher agent of
  • restorationist agent of expression of
  • restorationist agent of item of
  • reviser agent of
  • screenwriter agent of
  • sculptor agent of
  • seller agent of
  • singer agent of
  • software developer agent of
  • sound designer agent of
  • speaker agent of
  • special effects provider agent of
  • sponsored corporate body of agent
  • sponsored work of agent
  • stage director agent of
  • storyteller agent of
  • subject agent of
  • surveyor agent of
  • television director agent of
  • television producer agent of
  • transcriber agent of
  • translator agent of
  • variant access point for agent
  • variant name of agent
  • visual effects provider agent of
  • voice actor agent of

Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-34f2e9ac-ee38-37a5-9019-78241a589de5

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