Music Library Association Best Practices for script
Prerecording
Prerecording
Routinely record the element for notated music that includes sung or spoken text if knowledge of one or more non-Latin scripts is necessary for performance. Record the element for notated music that includes sung or spoken text in both a non-Latin script and a Latin transliteration if deemed useful for identification or selection.
Record the element for Latin variant scripts (e.g., Fraktur) if deemed useful for identification or selection.
Otherwise follow LC-PCC PS.
LC/PCC Core if a language is commonly written in more than one script, and if the resource is in a script other than the primary one for the language.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Expression: script.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Expression: language of expression.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. When recording complex notes involving multiple languages, record information about both the language and script.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Expression: script.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Option
Follow LC-PCC PS except for cases noted under the option to record an uncontrolled term.
LC/PCC practice: Use the English language names of scripts found at: Codes for the representation of names of scripts. Generally do not include the parenthetical information found in the list when recording the script name.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Expression: script.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.
Condition Option
Prefer the following terms to those found in the Unicode list of names of scripts:
- Record "Fraktur" in place of "Latin (Fraktur variant)"
- Record "Gaelic" in place of "Latin (Gaelic variant)"
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Recording an identifier
Option
LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.
Recording an IRI
Option
LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Document Date: 2025/06/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-cd8b8750-6a22-3934-8a1d-689229f6ba2c