LC-PCC policy statements for content type
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC Core. PCC may also record content type as part of an authorized access point for expression.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Expressions.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Series/subseries: Expression: content type.
Recording
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Option
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
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: Do not apply the option. If recording an identifier, use the code from the Term and Code List for RDA Content Types or its equivalent at id.loc.gov.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. If recording an identifier, use the code from the Term and Code List for RDA Content Types or its equivalent at id.loc.gov.
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: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Option
LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Document Date: 2025/06/06
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-d2634a5b-55eb-3dd9-abc4-90d68071470b