LC-PCC policy statements for variant access point for person
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Persons.
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Format of base variant access points for person
Names in direct or inverted form
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
General guidelines on recording names that include a surname
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if considered important for identification or access.
Names of person that include a term of rank, honour, or office or a term of address
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Names of person that include a compound name
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Names of person that include a surname with a separately written prefix
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Names of person that include a surname with a prefix that is hyphenated or combined
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Names of person that include a term of rank of nobility
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Names of person that include neither a surname nor a term of rank of nobility
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Names of person that include a patronymic
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Names of person that consist of a phrase
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Characterizing word or phrase
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if it is not same as authorized access point. IF: a person is commonly identified by a real name or another name, and a person is also identified by a word or phrase characterizing the person and this word or phrase has appeared in manifestations associated with the person THEN: record the word or phrase as a variant name for person.
Phrase naming another work by a person
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if it is not same as authorized access point. IF: a person is commonly identified by a real name or another name and a person is also identified by a phrase including the title of another work and this phrase has appeared in manifestations associated with the person THEN: record the phrase as a variant name for person.
Additional elements and designations in variant access points for person
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Make additions to a variant access point when needed to break a conflict with an authorized access point in another record, or with another variant access point in the same record. For Printer's widows, see the Metadata Guidance documents.
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-5bcd7bf6-6ea5-33a9-a651-f266e8966cbe