LAC Policy Statements for category of work
Prerecording
Prerecording
LAC Core when needed to differentiate a work from another work with the same title or from the name of an agent.
Recording
Recording a structured description
Option
LAC/NACO practice: Cataloguer's judgement. If recording this information, prefer to record a term from a vocabulary encoding scheme (e.g., LCGFT, LCSH, or MeSH) as appropriate. For consistency, capitalize the first word of each term.
LAC/PFAN practice: Cataloguer's judgement. If recording this information, prefer to record a term from a vocabulary encoding scheme (e.g., RVM, RVMGF) as appropriate. For consistency, capitalize the first word of each term.
Option
LAC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by the policy or the metadata system.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Recording an IRI
Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
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Document Date: 2026/11/04
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-2758388c-fe2c-36c9-a06c-6e1e4e8b6fce