LC-PCC policy statements for category of government

LC/PCC Core when a name does not convey the idea of a corporate body or when needed to distinguish a corporate body from another entity with the same name.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Corporate Body.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Record the value in English, or in the language of the corporate body when there is no equivalent term in English.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if a standard list is available.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the 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.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.

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.