Rda Core Elements

RDA CORE ELEMENTS

Element / RDA Number / RDA Core / RDA Core if … /
IDENTIFYING MANIFESTATIONS AND ITEMS
Title
Title proper / 2.3.2 / Yes
Statement of responsibility
Statement of responsibility relating to title proper / 2.4.2 / Yes (if more than one, only the first recorded is required)
Edition statement
Designation of edition / 2.5.2 / Yes
Designation of a named revision of an edition / 2.5.6 / Yes
Numbering of serials
Numeric and/or alphabetic designation of first issue or part of sequence / 2.6.2 / Yes (for first or only sequence)
Chronological designation of first issue or part of sequence / 2.6.3 / Yes (for first or only sequence)
Numeric … of last issue or part of sequence / 2.6.4 / Yes (for last or only sequence)
Chronological … of last issue or part of sequence / 2.6.5 / Yes (for last or only sequence)
Production statement
Date of production / 2.7.6 / Yes (for a resource in unpublished form)
Publication statement
Place of publication / 2.8.2. / Yes (if more than one, only the first recorded is required)
Publisher’s name / 2.8.4 / Yes (if more than one, only the first recorded is required)
Date of publication / 2.8.6 / Yes
Distribution statement
Place of distribution / 2.9.2 / for a published resource, if place of publication not identified and distribution information is on resource; if more than one, only the first recorded is required
Distributor’s name / 2.9.4 / for a published resource, if publisher not identified and distribution information is on resource; if more than one, only the first recorded is required
Date of distribution / 2.9.6 / for a published resource, if date of publication not identified and distribution information is on resource
Manufacture statement
Place of manufacture / 2.10.2 / for a published resource, if neither place of publication nor place of distribution identified and manufacture information is on resource; if more than one, only the first recorded is required
Manufacturer’s name / 2.10.4 / for a published resource, if neither publisher nor distributor identified and manufacture information is on resource; if more than one, only the first recorded is required
Date of manufacture / 2.10.6 / for a published resource, if neither date of publication, date of distribution, nor copyright date identified and manufacture information is on resource
Copyright date / 2.11 / if neither date of publication nor date of distribution identified
Series statement
Title proper of series / 2.12.2 / Yes
Numbering within series / 2.12.9 / Yes
Title proper of subseries / 2.12.10 / Yes
Numbering within subseries / 2.12.17 / Yes
Identifier for the manifestation / 2.15 / Yes
DESCRIBING CARRIERS
Carrier type / 3.3 / Yes
Extent / 3.4 / only if the resource is complete or if the total extent is known
IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS
Title of the work
Preferred title for the work / Basic: 6.2.2,
Musical: 6.14.2,
Legal: 6.19.2,
Religious: 6.23.2,
Official: 6.26.2 / Yes
Form of work / 6.3 / if needed to differentiate a work from another work or from the name of a person, family, or corporate body
Date of work / Basic: 6.4,
Legal: 6.20 / if needed to differentiate a work from another work or from the name of a person, family, or corporate body
Place of origin of the work / 6.5 / if needed to differentiate a work from another work or from the name of a person, family, or corporate body
Medium of performance / 6.15 / (1) if title is not distinctive, give if applicable; (2) if title is distinctive, give if needed to differentiate a musical work from another work
Numeric designation of a musical work / 6.16 / (1) if title is not distinctive, give if applicable; (2) if title is distinctive, give if needed to differentiate a musical work from another work
Key / 6.17 / (1) if title is not distinctive, give if applicable; (2) if title is distinctive, give if needed to differentiate a musical work from another work
Signatory to a treaty, etc. / 6.22 / for both signatories of a bilateral treaty
Other distinguishing characteristic of the work / Basic: 6.6,
Legal: 6.21 / if needed to differentiate a work from another work or from the name of a person, family, or corporate body
Identifier for the work / 6.8 / Yes
Content type / 6.9 / Yes
Date of expression / Basic : 6.10,
Religious: 6.24 / if needed to differentiate an expression of a work from another expression of the same work
Language of expression / 6.11 / Yes
Other distinguishing characteristic of the expression / Basic: 6.12,
Musical: 6.18,
Official: 6.26 / if needed to differentiate an expression of a work from another expression of the same work
Identifier for the expression / 6.13 / Yes
DESCRIBING CONTENT
Scale
Horizontal scale of cartographic content / 7.25.3 / Yes
Vertical scale of cartographic content / 7.25.4 / Yes
IDENTIFYING PERSONS
Name of the person
Preferred name for the person / 9.2.2 / Yes
Date associated with the person / 9.3 / Yes
Title of the person / 9.4 / Yes
Fuller form of name / 9.5 / if needed to distinguish a person from another person with the same name and neither date of birth nor date of death is available
Other designation associated with the person / 9.6 / Yes
Field of activity of the person / 9.15 / (1) for a person whose name consists of a phrase or appellation not conveying the idea of a person; (2) if needed to distinguish a person from another person with the same name and neither date of birth, date of death, nor fuller form of name is available
Profession or occupation / 9.16 / (1) for a person whose name consists of a phrase or appellation not conveying the idea of a person; (2) if needed to distinguish a person from another person with the same name and neither date of birth, date of death, fuller form of name, nor field of activity is available
Identifier for the person / 9.18 / Yes
IDENTIFYING FAMILIES
Name of the family
Preferred name for the family / 10.2.2 / Yes
Type of family / 10.3 / Yes
Date associated with the family / 10.4 / Yes
Place associated with the family / 10.5 / if needed to distinguish a family from another family with the same name
Prominent member of the family / 10.6 / if needed to distinguish a family from another family with the same name
Identifier for the family / 10.9 / Yes
IDENTIFYING CORPORATE BODIES
Name of the corporate body
Preferred name for the corporate body / 11.2.2 / Yes
Place associated with the corporate body
Location of conference, etc. / 11.3.2 / Yes
Location of headquarters / 11.3.3 / if needed to distinguish a corporate body from another corporate body with the same name.
Date associated with the corporate body / 11.4 / Yes (for conferences, etc.) / if needed to distinguish a corporate body from another corporate body with the same name and they cannot be distinguished by place or associated institution
Associated institution / 11.5 / (1) for conferences, etc., if the institution’s name provides better identification than the local place name or if the local place name is unknown or cannot be readily determined; (2) if needed to distinguish a corporate body from another corporate body with the same name and the name of the institution is commonly associated with the body
Number of a conference, etc. / 11.6 / Yes
Other designation associated with the corporate body / 11.7 / (1) for a body whose name does not convey the idea of a corporate body; (2) if needed to distinguish a corporate body from another corporate body with the same name and none of the other additions is sufficient or appropriate
Identifier for the corporate body / 11.12 / Yes
RECORDING PRIMARY RELATIONSHIPS
Work manifested / 17.8 / Yes (If more than one work is embodied in the manifestation, only the predominant or first-named work manifested is required)
Expression manifested / 17.10 / if there is more than one expression of a work; if more than one expression is embodied in the manifestation, only the predominant or first-named expression manifested is required
PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH A WORK
Creator / 19.2 / Yes (if more than one, only the creator having principal responsibility named first in resources embodying the work or in reference sources is required; if principal responsibility is not indicated, only the first-named creator is required)
Other person, family, or corporate body associated with a work / 19.3 / if the authorized access point representing that person, family, or corporate body is used to construct the authorized access point representing the work

RDA core elements

As of Jan. 9, 2010 -- p. 1