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Agent

vra:agentSet [Required if Applicable]

Local Practices and Interpretations

Supported Descendant Elements and Attributes

vra:note

Use to record donor names when they are not under authority control. The form must start with "Donor:" followed by the name, or a phrase including the name.

vra:agent

A separate vra:agent element should be used for each

vra:agent/vra:name

[Required]

vra:agent/vra:name/@type

[Required]

vra:agent/vra:name/@vocab

[Required]

vra:agent/vra:culture

The culture is desired for material from Graphic Arts.

vra:agent/vra:dates

[Required if applicable]

vra:agent/vra:dates/@type

[Required] The VRA schema enumerates several values for @type; "life" is likely to be the most common.

vra:agent/vra:role

[Required]

vra:agent/vra:role/@vocab

[Required]

vra:agent/vra:attribution

[Required if applicable] vra:attribution is used to record statements like "School of" or "after"

XML Examples

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Display Examples

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Content Standards

CCO part 2, chapter 2 (p. 81)

Other Sources of Documentation

VRA Core 4.0 Element Description and Tagging Examples (p. 3)

MARC Mappings

100, 110, 111, 700, 710, 711

Mappings from Visuals