1.1.1.8 Relationship of principal creator to work

For works identified using the name of a principal creator, include a relator term from the following list if possible to express the nature of the creator's relationship to the work; choose the most specific term, if possible; if none of these terms apply, compose a term to describe the relationship between the creator and the work being cataloged; if the relationship is ambiguous, do not include a relator term:
  • artist
    • architect
    • engraver
    • etcher
    • landscape architect
    • lithographer
    • painter
    • photographer
    • sculptor
    • wood-engraver
    • woodcutter
  • author
    • novelist
    • poet
    • playwright
  • cartographer/cartographic agency
  • choreographer
  • collector
  • commissioner
  • compiler/compiling performer
  • composer
  • dissertant
  • editor
  • jurisdiction
  • librettist
  • lyricist
  • person or body bringing the action
  • person or body prosecuted
  • programmer
  • reviewer
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