LAC Policy Statements for language of expression

Prerecording

Prerecording

LAC Core.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Option

LAC practice: Do not apply the option.

Option

LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.

Recording a structured description

Option

LAC practice: Apply the option. Base the name of the language on the form found in MARC Code List for Languages.

Option

LAC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LAC practice: Do not apply the option.

Recording an identifier

Option

LAC practice: Apply the option. The identifier should consist of the language code taken from the MARC Code List for Languages or the ISO 639-3 Code Tables.

Option

LAC practice: Do not apply the option when recording a value from the MARC Code List for Languages. Apply the option when recording a value from any other vocabulary encoding scheme.

Recording an IRI

Option

LAC practice: Do not apply the option.

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Document Date: 2026/01/27
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-3542764d-082a-3e9f-ab9e-9e3afe36643e