LC-PCC policy statements for colour
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Expressions.
LC/PCC practice: See also the related element Manifestation: colour content.
Recording
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option as appropriate to the metadata management system. Use the term "color" rather than colour. Do not record the actual color, but record only the fact that something has color with phrases such as "some color" or "chiefly color."
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option as appropriate to the metadata management system. Use a term from an appropriate vocabulary encoding scheme, such as the LC Color Content vocabulary encoding scheme.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording an identifier
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.
Recording an IRI
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Document Date: 2025/06/09
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-75a58bff-8aa7-3feb-aaaa-2db9db302448