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The FIAF Moving Image Cataloguing Manual
Written by Natasha Fairbairn, Maria Assunta Pimpinelli, Thelma Ross
Edited by Linda Tadic
Project Manager: Nancy Goldman for the FIAF Cataloguing and Documentation Commission
April 2016

F d ration internationale des archives du film International Federation of Film Archives Federaci n Internacional de Archivos F lmicos
Dedication
This manual is dedicated to Christian Dimitriu (1945-2016), whose contribution to the field of moving image archiving, and FIAF, are immeasurable; and to Ronny Loewy (1946-2012), whose knowledge of moving image metadata standards was a primary and crucial source of information during the development of this publication.
Acknowledgements
This manual is a result of the combined efforts of many professionals to whom we owe our gratitude.
Contributors to early, formative discussions that informed the basis for our approach include Anna Bohn, Marco Rendina, Rosario L pez de Prado, Anne-Marie Grapton, Andrea Leigh, and Kelley McGrath.
Many professionals from the FIAF Cataloguing Rules Revision Working Group graciously volunteered their knowledge and experience to the review of this manual. A special thanks to Laurent Bismuth, Georg Eckes, and Detlev Balzer for their thoughtful suggestions for improvement. We also appreciate Detlev for hosting the FIAF Cataloguing and Documentation Commission (CDC) wiki on his filmstandards.org website.
Several of the illuminating charts and examples, and other formatting needs (such as URLs) were kindly handled by Marian Hausner Mats Sk rstrand, and Michael Campos-Quinn. Marian Hausner also did a painstaking job constructing the bibliography.
This work could not have been done without the support and guidance of the British Film Institute who contributed institutional policies and documents for our use. In particular, we want to mention Gabriele Popp, who encouraged and supported BFI staff involvement, and Stephen McConnachie, who generously contributed content and freely gave of his time and knowledge.
We thank current and former members of the CDC, the members of the FIAF Executive Committee, and the FIAF Senior Administrator for their support, especially Christophe Dupin, Rachael Stoeltje, and Olga Futemma.
A very special thank you is owed to Nancy Goldman, who managed numerous steps of the project, such as convening and chairing meetings and guiding the project s development. She also contributed to the authoring of the manual and invested many hours in providing valuable insight and constructive criticism.
Lastly, we are indebted to Linda Tadic, who did a superb job of editing the manual and offered us the wisdom of her expertise, especially in the realm of digital media; and also to designer Lara Denil for all her hard work in improving and transforming the final layout of the manual for publication.
Natasha Fairbairn (Co-author)
Maria Assunta Pimpinelli (Co-author ; co-Chair, FIAF Rules Revision)
Thelma Ross (Co-author ; co-Chair, FIAF Rules Revision)
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
0. Preliminary Notes
0.1 Purpose, scope and use
0.1.1 Purpose
0.1.2 Scope
0.1.3 Use
0.2 Core elements of description
0.2.1 Elements of description across Works, Variants, Manifestations, and Items
0.3 Sources of Information
0.4 Display issues
0.4.1 Punctuation
0.4.2 Capitalisation and Articles
0.5 Language and script of the description
0.6 Abbreviations
0.7 Examples
0.8 Errors
0.9 Alternatives and options
1. Moving Image Works and Variants
1.0 Definitions
1.0.1 Moving Image Work
1.0.2 Moving Image Variant (i.e., Versions)
1.1 Boundaries between Works and Variants
1.1.1 Boundaries between Works
1.1.2 Boundaries between Works and Variants/Manifestations
1.1.3 Boundaries between Variants
1.2 Attributes of a Moving Image Work/Variant
1.2.1 Work/Variant Description Type
1.2.2 Variant Type
1.3 Elements of a Work/Variant
1.3.1 Work/Variant Identifier
1.3.1.1 Identifier Type
1.3.2 Title
1.3.2.1 Title Type
1.3.3 Country of reference
1.3.4 Year/Date of reference
1.3.4.1 Date Type
1.3.4.2 Date Precision
1.3.5 Language(s)
1.3.5.1 Language Term
1.3.5.2 Usage type
1.3.6 Content description (synopses, shotlists, etc)
1.3.7 Notes
1.3.8 History
1.4 Relationships of a Work/Variant (links/associations with other entities/records)
1.4.1 Agents (e.g. Cast, Credits, Person, Organisation, etc.)
1.4.2 Events (e.g., IPR registration, screenings, awards, etc.)
1.4.3 Subject/Genre/Form terms
1.4.4 Other relationships
1.4.5 Variants
1.4.6 Manifestations
2. Moving Image Manifestations
2.0 Definition
2.1 Boundaries between Manifestations
2.1.1 Changes in the publication context
2.1.2 Changes in the format
2.2 Attributes of a Manifestation
2.2.1 Manifestation Type
2.3 Elements of a Manifestation
2.3.1 Identifier
2.3.1.1 Identifier Type
2.3.2 Title
2.3.2.1 Title Type
2.3.3 Language
2.3.4 Format of a moving image Manifestation
2.3.5 Extent of a Manifestation
2.3.6 Notes for Manifestations
2.4 Relationships of a Manifestation
2.4.1 Agent(s)
2.4.2 Events
2.4.3 Other relationships
2.4.4 Item(s)
2.4.5 Work
2.4.6 Variant
3. Moving Image Items
3.0 Definition
3.1 Elements of a moving image Item
3.1.1 Identifier
3.1.1.1 Identifier Type
3.1.2 Title
3.1.2.1 Title Type
3.1.3 Holding institution
3.1.4 Item Element type
3.1.5 Item Specifics/Extent (e.g. physical/Digital description)
3.1.6 Access conditions
3.1.7 Notes for Items
3.2 Boundaries between Items
3.3 Relationships of an Item
3.3.1 Agent(s)
3.3.2 Events
3.3.3 Other Relationships
3.3.4 Manifestation
Appendix A, Titles and Title Types
A.1 Title
A.1.1 Language
A.1.2 Reflecting graphics of on-screen Titles
A.1.3 Statements of responsibility
A.1.4 Possessives
A.1.5 Other characters/unusual symbols
A.2 Title Types
A.2.0 Preferred
A.2.1 Identifying (i.e. Uniform or Display)
A.2.2 Title Proper
A.2.3 Other Title information
A.2.4 Alternative
A.2.5 Supplied/Devised Titles (i.e. Creating titles for untitled/unidentified entities or production material)
A.2.6 Titles of series/serials
A.2.7 Moving images with probable or questionable titles
A.3 Titling of Aggregates
Appendix B, Cataloguer s Notes
B.1 Boundaries
B.2 Attributes
B.3 Elements
B.4 Relationships
Appendix C, Sources of Information
Appendix D, Value Lists
D.1 Work/Variant Description Types
D.2 Variant Type
D.3 Work/Variant Agent Types
D.4 Event Types
D.4.1 Publication
D.4.2 Award(s) or Nomination(s)
D.4.3 Production
D.4.4 Rights/Copyright/IPR Registration
D.4.5 Preservation
D.4.6 Decision
D.4.7 Manufacture
D.4.8 Inspection
D.4.9 Acquisition
D.5 Manifestation Types
D.5.1 Pre-Release
D.5.2 Theatrical distribution
D.5.3 Non-theatrical distribution
D.5.4 Not for release
D.5.5 Unreleased
D.5.6 Home viewing publication
D.5.7 Broadcast
D.5.8 Internet
D.5.9 Preservation/Restoration
D.5.10 Unknown
D.6 Language Usage Types
D.7 Manifestation/Item Physical Description
D.7.1 Manifestation/Item General Carrier Type
D.7.2 Manifestation/Item Specific Carrier Type
D.7.3 Item Preservation/Access status
D.7.4 Manifestation/Item Sound Type
D.7.5 Manifestation/Item Sound Fixation Type
D.7.6 Manifestation Unit Types
D.7.7 Item Base - Film or Video
D.7.8 Item Element Type
D.7.9 Item File Size - Digital
D.7.10 Item Codec type
D.7.11 Manifestation/Item Colour Type
D.7.12 Manifestation/Item Colour Standard
D.7.13 Item Sound System
D.7.14 Aspect Ratio
D.7.15 Aperture
D.7.16 Item Stock
D.7.17 Item Bit Depth
D.7.18 Item Frame Rate/Transfer Speed
D.7.19 Item Resolution
D.7.20 Item Source Device
D.7.21 Item Line Standard
D.8 Manifestation Agent Types
D.8.1 Distributor (theatrical)
D.8.2 Distributor (non-theatrical)
D.8.3 Broadcaster
D.8.4 Publisher
D.8.5 Manufacturer
D.8.6 Agent responsible for preservation
D.8.7 Agent responsible for reproduction or transfer
D.8.8 Agent responsible for the archival availability
D.8.9 Agent responsible for the mere availability
D.8.10 Agent unclear or undetermined
D.8.11 Agent not identified
D.9 Work/Variant Publication Types
D.10 Manifestation Publication Types
D.11 Production Event Types
D.12 Manifestation Preservation Types
D.13 Manifestation Decision Types
D.14 Manifestation Manufacture Types
D.15 Manifestation/Item Acquisition, Accessioning and Source
D.15.1 Item Acquisition type
D.15.2 Item Acquisition source type
D.16 Manifestation/Item Condition, Preservation and Restoration
D.16.1 Item Copy Condition Base/Emulsion - Film and Video
D.16.2 Item Copy Condition Perforations - Film
D.16.3 Item Surface Deposit - Film and Video
D.16.4 Item Image - Film and Video
D.16.5 Item Decomposition - Film and Video