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National Library of New Zealand Policy Statements for: authorized access point for corporate body

Prerecording

Recording

Recording

Record as: structured description.

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Option

Apply.

Use LC/NACO Name Authority File VES; NLNZ local authority VES.

Option

Do not apply.

Option

Apply.

Use options on this element page to determine the appropriate values to include in the access point, then go to NLNZ SES: Corporate Body access points for string encoding scheme instructions.

See NLNZ guidance.

Base authorized access point for corporate body

Base authorized access point for corporate body

Determine a value of Corporate Body: preferred name of corporate body, then apply the general instructions at Corporate Body: access point for corporate body. Base access points for corporate body.

Option

Apply.

Change of name

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Condition Option

Do not apply.

See instead Corporate body: related corporate body of corporate body for guidelines on recording relationships between earlier/later corporate bodies, including corporate bodies that have resumed an earlier name.

Terms indicating incorporation or state ownership

Option

Apply.

Format of base authorized access point for corporate body

Additional elements and designations in authorized access point for corporate body

Additional elements and designations in authorized access point for corporate body

Subordinate or related bodies

If a body is potentially subordinate or related to another body, first follow the options at Body whose name implies it is part of another to determine whether the body should be treated subordinately.

If the body should be treated subordinately:

  • Apply the instructions at General guidelines for constructing authorized access points for subordinate or related corporate bodies to determine the form of the base access point.
  • Then follow the general instructions at Corporate Body: access point for corporate body. Additional elements and designations in access points for corporate body.

If the body should be treated directly:

  • Follow the general instructions at Corporate Body: access point for corporate body. Additional elements and designations in access points for corporate body.

Option

Apply.

General guidelines for constructing authorized access points for subordinate or related corporate bodies

Option

Apply.

If the base access point for the subordinate body:

  • includes the name of the higher body, and,
  • the name of the higher body is not required for clarity,

then construct the base authorized access point by recording the authorized access point for the higher body, followed by the base access point for the subordinate body, omitting from the last the name of the higher body.

Then follow the general instructions at Corporate Body: access point for corporate body. Additional elements and designations in access points for corporate body.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Condition

See NLNZ guidance.

Condition Option

Apply.

If the base access point for the subordinate body:

  • includes the name of the higher body, and,
  • the name of the higher body is required for clarity,

then construct the base authorized access point by recording the authorized access point for the higher body, followed by the base access point for the subordinate body, retaining in the last the name of the higher body.

Then follow the general instructions at Corporate Body: access point for corporate body. Additional elements and designations in access points for corporate body.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Condition Option

Apply.

If the preferred name of the subordinate or related corporate body includes the name of the higher body, construct the authorized access point by recording the authorized access point for the higher body to which it is subordinate or related, followed by the preferred name of the subordinate or related body, retaining in the last the name of the higher body if required for clarity.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Types of names that indicate a subordinate corporate body

Body whose name implies it is part of another

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance.

Body whose name implies administrative subordination

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance.

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance.

Body whose name is general in nature or simply indicates a geographic, chronological, or alphanumerical designation of subdivision of a parent body

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Body whose name does not convey the idea of a corporate body and does not contain the name of the higher body

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

University faculty, etc., with name that simply indicates a particular field of study

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance.

Non-governmental body with name that includes the entire name of the higher or related body

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance.

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance.

Types of subordinate bodies

Ministry or similar major executive agency

Condition Option

Apply.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Government officials

Government officials

Government officials who are heads of named ministries or agencies: Record the authorized access point for the ministry or agency that the official represents.

Government officials who are not part of a ministry, or who are part of a ministry that is identified only by the title of the official: Construct the authorized access point for the official by recording the authorized access point for the place governed, followed by the preferred name that is the title of the official.

See NLNZ guidance for examples.

Heads of state, heads of government, etc.

Heads of state, heads of government, etc.

See NLNZ guidance.

Condition Option

Apply.

Data provenance

Option

Do not apply.

Option

Do not apply.

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

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Document Date: 2026/01/27
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-34da2746-1f23-3f06-9e5b-6b11286d4d26

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