Work SES

This is a suggested string encoding scheme for an authorized access point of a work that is related to the manifestation.

The encoding scheme is applicable to the value of a has work associated with manifestation element or element sub-type.

The base access point of a work is a combination of a value of an authorized access point of a creator agent of the work and a value of a preferred title of the work.

The ISBDM string template is:

[authorized access point of a creator agent of the work] + ". " + [preferred title of the work]

For a work that is anonymous, apply the guidance for the language or country of origin of the name that is available in Anonymous classics, if it is considered to be useful for users of the metadata.

The base access point may be followed by a set of qualifiers enclosed in brackets "(...)" and separated by semicolons "; ".

Add qualifiers to the sequence to disambiguate the basic qualified access point.

Added qualifiers are conditional on specific characteristics of the work that are recorded as attribute elements, including representative expression attributes. They support a tertiary collocation and sort order of authorized access points.

Examples

Relation	Example
has work embodied in manifestation	"Bonnard, Pierre, 1867-1947. Café"

Full example: Coffee ​(2003; Tate; card). The base access point is not qualified.

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Relation	Example
has work embodied in manifestation	"Gayford, Martin, 1952-. Spring cannot be cancelled (text)"

Full example: Spring cannot be cancelled ​(2022; Thames & Hudson; volume). The base access point is qualified by a value of a category of content of a representative expression.

For a work that is an augmenting work that is embodied in an aggregate manifestation, and if the preferred title of the work is a generic title, qualify the base access point with a preferred title of the augmented work.

Examples

Relation	Example
has work associated with manifestation	"Blythe, Ronald, 1922-2023. Introduction (Emma)"

The work augments another work that is embodied in the same manifestation.