OLAC Best Practice for equipment or system requirement
Prerecording
Prerecording
Record when readily available.
For streaming media, follow PCC Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guidelines.
Optionally, record Manifestation: file type. Do not record other subelements unless the resource is part of a digital preservation project.
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Recording an unstructured description
For videodiscs and video games: Record equipment or system requirements that are not
recorded elsewhere and that are considered important for identification and/or
selection. Use a quoted note if that provides the clearest explanation. For video games: begin the note with the text "System requirements:"
Data provenance
Recording a structured description
Recording a structured description
For video games: Record the platform name or, for computer platforms, the operating system using a
term, preferring a term found in a controlled vocabulary. Record the source of the
platform name or operating system term.
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2026/02/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-9eaca511-56a8-32b0-9268-4f5b312fd086