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OLAC Best Practice for content type

Prerecording

Recording

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment.

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Option

Apply the option. For objects, use the content type "three-dimensional form" unless the content of a resource is expressed through a form or forms intended to be perceived through touch. In the latter case, use the content type "tactile three-dimensional form." For resources with multiple types of content, use more than one of the applicable terms at LC Term and Code List for RDA Content Types . For video recordings of performed music, use the content type "performed music" in addition to the content type "two-dimensional moving image." For video games, use the content type "computer program" in addition to either "two-dimensional moving image" or "three-dimensional moving image." The latter should only be applied to video games that simulate visual 3-D through the use of stereoscopic glasses or a headset.

Recording an identifier

Option

Do not apply the option. Use the code for this element from the LC Term and Code List for RDA Content Types .

Option

Apply the option. Use the code for this element from the LC Term and Code List for RDA Content Types .

Option

Apply the option. Use "rdacontent" to record the source of metadata from the LC Term and Code List for RDA Content Types .

Recording an IRI

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Document Date: 2026/02/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-3381ab83-0f29-3413-b63e-62274c277a78

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