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has category of carrier

Element Reference

Definition
Relates a manifestation to a grouping that is based on a combination of the type of intermediation device required to access the content, the housing format, and the storage medium format of the manifestation.
Scope note
Domain
Manifestation
Range
URI
https://www.iflastandards.info/ISBDM/elements/P1022
Status
Published

Additional information

This element is based on the base carrier categories derived from the "Housing Format", "Intermediation Tool", and "Storage Medium Format" attributes of the RDA/ONIX Framework for Resource Categorization.

Consider a manifestation that has sub-units that are intended to be manipulated in a game or puzzle as having the category of "object". Consider the sub-units that are pieces of the game or puzzle to be three-dimensional objects instead of the category of their pre- or post-manipulation states.

Examples
PropertyValue
has category of carrier"object"

[Full example: Library ​(2022; Corner Piece Puzzles; object).]

Stipulations

Record at least one occurrence of the element.

Use the element super-type to record a less specific attribute.

Apply the stipulations for the element super-type unless indicated otherwise.

Record a value that appears in the ISBDM Category of Carrier value vocabulary, in the language or script of choice of the cataloguing agency.

Examples
PropertyValue
has category of carrier"disque informatique"

[Full example: Algerie a travers les ages ​(2000; Cerist; disque informatique; version française. The language of cataloguing is French.]

For a manifestation that is a super-unit, record the value that applies to the largest number of sub-units.

For a manifestation that is a super-unit, and if no one value predominates, record separate occurrences of the element for each value that applies to the larger number of sub-units.

Examples
PropertyValue
has category of carrier"volume"
has category of carrier"audio disc"

[Full example: Mojo 357 ​(2023; H Bauer Publishing Ltd.; volume + audio disc).]