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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

LC/PCC practice: Apply the 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

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