Recording other attributes of persons (RDA 9.3-9.18)

Record a date associated with a person by giving the year or years in terms of the calendar preferred by the agency creating the data.
° LC practice/PCC practice: Record dates in terms of the Gregorian calendar.
     Example:
          born November 28 (December 10), 1821, died December 27, 1877 (January 8, 1878)
               Julian calendar dates precede the Gregorian calendar dates, which are in parentheses
               record the Gregorian dates: 1821-1878

Exception: If two or more persons have the same name and are born in the same year, see 9.3.2.3 for instructions on recording their dates of birth.

Record dates as separate elements, as parts of access points, or as both.
     ° See Date of birth and/or death (9.19.13) and Period of activity (9.19.1.5) for additional instructions on recording dates as parts of authorized access points

Exceptions:
° Title of nobility: Add a title of nobility only if the title or part of the title commonly appears with the name in resources associated with the person or in reference sources.
     ° Disregard reference sources dealing with the nobility.
     ° In case of doubt, add the title.
° Saint: Do not add Saint to an access point representing a pope or an emperor, empress, king, or queen.

If the person was born in the same year as another person with the same name, record the date of birth in the form [year] [month] [day].
     ° Record the month in a language and script preferred by the agency creating the data.

LC practice/PCC practice for recording date of birth:
     ° Record the month in English.
     ° Use a hyphen after date of birth when recording the date in an authorized access point.
     ° Do not use the term "born" with the date.

LC practice/PCC practice for recording date of death:
     ° Use a hyphen before the date of death when recording the date in an authorized access point.
     ° Do not use the term "died" with the date.

If it is not possible to establish specific years of activity, record the century or centuries in which the person was active.

LC practice/PCC practice:
     ° Use "active" and "century" rather than the abbreviations "fl." and "cent."
     ° The term "active" should appear before the first period of activity date (e.g., "active 12th century")

The most common instances occur when the preferred name contains initials and the spelled out form is known.
Less common instances occur when known given names, surnames, or initials are not chosen as part of the preferred name.

Record fuller forms of names as separate elements, as parts of access points, or as both.
     ° See Fuller form of name (9.19.1.4) for additional instructions on recording a fuller form of the name as part of the authorized access point.

Variant names: Record the name in its fuller form as a variant name (9.2.3.10), when appropriate.

Record other designations associated with the person as separate elements, as parts of access points, or as both.
     ° See Title or other designation associated with the person (9.19.1.2) for additional instructions on recording a designation as part of the authorized access points.

Record gender as a separate element.
Gender is not recorded as part of an access point.

Record the place of birth and place of death as separate elements.
Place of birth and place of death are not recorded as part of an access point.

Record a country and a place of residence as separate elements.
Country associated with the person and place of residence are not recorded as part of an access point.

Record an address as a separate element.
Address is not recorded as part of an access point.

Record an affiliation as a separate element.
Affiliation is not recorded as part of an access point.

Record a language used by the person as a separate element.
Language is not recorded as part of an access point.

Record a field of activity of the person as a separate element.
Field of activity is not recorded as part of an access point.

Record professions or occupations as separate elements, as parts of access points, or as both.
     ° See Profession or occupation (9.19.1.4) for additional instructions on recording recording a profession or occupation as part of the authorized access point.

Record biographical information as a separate element.
Biographical information is not recorded as part of an access point.