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has media type

Element Reference

Definition
Relates a manifestation to a grouping that is based on the type of intermediation device required to render, view, run, etc., the content of a manifestation.
Scope note
Domain
Manifestation
Range
URI
https://www.iflastandards.info/ISBDM/elements/P1218
Type
DatatypeProperty
Status
Published

Additional information

This element is based on the "Intermediation Tool" attribute of the RDA/ONIX Framework for Resource Categorization.

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 Media Type value vocabulary, in the language or script of choice of the cataloguing agency.

Examples
PropertyValue
has media type"computer"

[Full example: RDA toolkit ​(2020-; RDA Copyright Holders; online resource).]


PropertyValue
has media type"دون وسيط"

[Full example: كليلة ودمنة ​(1973؛ الشركة الوطنية للنشر والتوزيع؛ مجلد؛ غلاف مقوى). The language and script of cataloguing are Arabic.]


PropertyValue
has media type"无媒介"

[Full example: 图书馆阅读障碍症人群服务研究​(2019; 国家图书馆出版社; 册; 无线胶黏装订). The language and script of cataloguing are Chinese.]

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 media type"audio"
has media type"unmediated"

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