Manifestation elements
ISBD for Manifestation provides elements for the description of a manifestation and its relationships to other entities.
The elements are grouped in four categories:
- Statements: Manifestation statement elements
- Notes: Note elements
- Attributes: Attribute elements
- Relationships: Relationship elements
Each category is distinguished by the sources of information for values of the element and the utility of values for information retrieval.
Elements are arranged in a semantic hierarchy within a category. The hierarchy reflects the granularity of element definitions and scope notes.
The elements support the general principles of Statement of international cataloguing principles (ICP).
Manifestation statement elements support the ICP principle of "representation".
Other categories of element support the ICP principles of "accuracy", "consistency and standardization", "integration", "interoperability", "openness", "accessibility", and "rationality".
Manifestation elements also support local decisions by a cataloguing agency for compliance with the principles of "convenience of the user", "common usage", "sufficiency and necessity", "significance", and "economy".