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    • Data provenance
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    • Manifestation statements
    • Nomens and appellations
    • RDA implementation scenarios
    • Recording methods
    • Representative expressions
    • Resource description
      • Coherent description of an information resource
      • Minimum description of a resource entity
      • Effective description
      • Describing a work
      • Describing an expression
      • Describing a manifestation
      • Describing an item
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      • Guidelines on basic transcription
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Policies

British Library policy statements for Work

Prerecording

Minimum description

Effective description

Option

British Library: Apply.

Entity boundary

Condition Option

British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable. See additional guidance.

Condition Option

British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable. See additional guidance.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable. See additional guidance.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable. See additional guidance.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable. See additional guidance.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Elements

  • access point for work
  • aspect ratio of representative expression
  • authorized access point for work
  • authorized access point for work group
  • category of work
  • collection accrual method
  • collection accrual policy
  • colour content of representative expression
  • content type of representative expression
  • coordinates of cartographic content
  • creator corporate body of work
  • creator family of work
  • creator person of work
  • critique of expression
  • critique of manifestation
  • critique of RDA entity
  • critique of work
  • date of capture of representative expression
  • date of representative expression
  • date of work
  • declination
  • digest of work
  • digested as work
  • dissertation or thesis information
  • duration of representative expression
  • extension plan
  • extent of representative expression
  • frequency
  • history of work
  • identifier for work
  • identifier for work group
  • intended audience of representative expression
  • ISSN
  • key of representative expression
  • key title
  • language of representative expression
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • longitude and latitude
  • medium of performance of choreographic content of representative expression
  • medium of performance of musical content of representative expression
  • nature of content
  • note on metadata work
  • note on work
  • numbering of part
  • numeric designation of musical work
  • opus number
  • place of capture of representative expression
  • preferred title of work
  • projection of cartographic content of representative expression
  • recording source
  • review of expression
  • review of manifestation
  • review of RDA entity
  • review of work
  • right ascension
  • right ascension and declination
  • scale of representative expression
  • scope of validity
  • script of representative expression
  • serial number of musical work
  • sound content of representative expression
  • strings of coordinate pairs
  • thematic index number
  • title of work
  • variant access point for work
  • variant title of work
  • work critiqued by
  • work reviewed by

Document Date: 2025/10/29
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-f61faf6b-1caa-11ee-6200-09173F13E4C5

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