British Library policy statements for preferred name of person
Prerecording
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Option
British Library: Apply.
Persons with two or more names
Predominant name of person
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Contracted and expanded names of person
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Names of person in two or more languages
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Do not apply. Exception: Greek and Roman names, etc.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Greek, Latin, and other names of person
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Indic names of person
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Roman names of person
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
Names of person consisting of a given name or a word or phrase
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
Condition Option
British Library: Cataloguer's judgement.
Name of person in a non-preferred script
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
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. For further information see equivalent LC/PCC policy statement.
Condition Option
British Library: Do not apply.
Names of person in two or more spellings
Condition Option
British Library: Apply if applicable.
Condition Option
British Library: Do not apply.
Data provenance
Option
British Library: Apply.
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/07/12
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-f61fc55b-1caa-11ee-1649-09173F13E4C5