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LC-PCC policy statements for Place entity

Prerecording

Prerecording

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Place elements.

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

  • access point for place
  • appellation of place
  • authorized access point for place
  • category of place
  • coordinates of cartographic content of
  • country associated with person of
  • identifier for place
  • location
  • location of collection of
  • location of item of
  • longitude and latitude of
  • name of place
  • note on place
  • parallel place of distribution of
  • parallel place of manufacture of
  • parallel place of production of
  • parallel place of publication of
  • part of place
  • part place
  • place described by
  • place described with metadata by
  • place governed by
  • place of birth of
  • place of capture of
  • place of capture of representative expression of
  • place of conference of
  • place of death of
  • place of distribution of
  • place of manifestation of
  • place of manufacture of
  • place of origin of work of
  • place of production of
  • place of publication of
  • place of residence of
  • preferred name of place
  • related agent of place
  • related collective agent of place
  • related corporate body of place
  • related entity of place
  • related expression of place
  • related family of place
  • related item of place
  • related manifestation of place
  • related nomen of place
  • related person of place
  • related place of place
  • related RDA entity of place
  • related timespan of place
  • related work of place
  • right ascension and declination of
  • strings of coordinate pairs of
  • subject place of
  • variant access point for place
  • variant name of place

Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-8b344479-3aa0-3ab5-8d88-5e794b54abf5

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