0roles-exercise.fmp12abrA person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by shortening or
condensing the original work but leaving the nature and content of the original work
substantially unchanged. For substantial modifications that result in the creation of a
new work, see authoryesAuthoradpA person or organization who 1) reworks a musical composition, usually for a
different medium, or 2) rewrites novels or stories for motion pictures or other
audiovisual medium.norcpA person, family, or organization to whom the correspondence in the work is
addressedyesRecipientanlA person or organization that reviews, examines and interprets data or
information in a specific areanoanmA person contributing to a moving image work or computer program by giving
apparent movement to inanimate objects or drawings. For the creator of the drawings that
are animated, see artistyesArtistannA person who makes manuscript annotations on an itemyesaplA person or organization who appeals a lower court’s decisionyesapeA person or organization against whom an appeal is takenyesappA person or organization responsible for the submission of an application or who
is named as eligible for the results of the processing of the application (e.g.,
bestowing of rights, reward, title, position)noarcA person, family, or organization responsible for creating an architectural
design, including a pictorial representation intended to show how a building, etc., will
look when completed. It also oversees the construction of structures yesarrA person, family, or organization contributing to a musical work by rewriting
the composition for a medium of performance different from that for which the work was
originally intended, or modifying the work for the same medium of performance, etc.,
such that the musical substance of the original composition remains essentially
unchanged. For extensive modification that effectively results in the creation of a new
musical work, see composeryesComposerArranger of musicacpA person (e.g., a painter or sculptor) who makes copies of works of visual
artnoadiA person contributing to a motion picture or television production by overseeing
the artists and craftspeople who build the setsyesartA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a work by conceiving,
and implementing, an original graphic design, drawing, painting, etc. For book
illustrators, prefer Illustrator [illyesGraphic technicianardA person responsible for controlling the development of the artistic style of an
entire production, including the choice of works to be presented and selection of senior
production staffnoasgA person or organization to whom a license for printing or publishing has been
transferrednoasnA person or organization associated with or found in an item or collection,
which cannot be determined to be that of a Former owner [fmo] or other designated
relationship indicative of provenancenoattAn author, artist, etc., relating him/her to a resource for which there is or
once was substantial authority for designating that person as author, creator, etc. of
the work indicative of provenancenoSupposed nameaucA person or organization in charge of the estimation and public auctioning of
goods, particularly books, artistic works, etc.noautA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a work that is
primarily textual in content, regardless of media type (e.g., printed text, spoken word,
electronic text, tactile text) or genre (e.g., poems, novels, screenplays, blogs). Use
also for persons, etc., creating a new work by paraphrasing, rewriting, or adapting
works by another creator such that the modification has substantially changed the nature
and content of the original or changed the medium of expressionyesJoint authoratoA person whose manuscript signature appears on an itemyesantA person or organization responsible for a resource upon which the resource
represented by the bibliographic description is based. This may be appropriate for
adaptations, sequels, continuations, indexes, etc.nobndA person who binds an itemyesbddA person or organization responsible for the binding design of a book, including
the type of binding, the type of materials used, and any decorative aspects of the
bindingnoDesigner of bindingblwA person or organization responsible for writing a commendation or testimonial
for a work, which appears on or within the publication itself, frequently on the back or
dust jacket of print publications or on advertising material for all medianobkdA person or organization involved in manufacturing a manifestation by being
responsible for the entire graphic design of a book, including arrangement of type and
illustration, choice of materials, and process usednoDesigner of book; Designer of e-bookbkpA person or organization responsible for the production of books and other print
medianoProducer of bookbjdA person or organization responsible for the design of flexible covers designed
for or published with a book, including the type of materials used, and any decorative
aspects of the bookjacketnoDesigner of bookjacketbpdA person or organization responsible for the design of a book owner's
identification label that is most commonly pasted to the inside front cover of a
booknobslA person or organization who makes books and other bibliographic materials
available for purchase. Interest in the materials is primarily lucrativenobrlA person, family, or organization involved in manufacturing a resource by
embossing Braille cells using a stylus, special embossing printer, or other
deviceyesbrdA person, family, or organization involved in broadcasting a resource to an
audience via radio, television, webcast, etc. yescllA person or organization who writes in an artistic hand, usually as a copyist
and or engrossernoctgA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a map, atlas, globe,
or other cartographic workyescasA person, family, or organization involved in manufacturing a resource by
pouring a liquid or molten substance into a mold and leaving it to solidify to take the
shape of the moldyescnsA person or organization who examines bibliographic resources for the purpose of
suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other
groundsnoBowdlerizer; ExpurgatorchrA person responsible for creating or contributing to a work of
movementyescngA person in charge of photographing a motion picture, who plans the technical
aspets of lighting and photographing of scenes, and often assists the director in the
choice of angles, camera setups, and lighting moods. He or she may also supervise the
further processing of filmed material up to the completion of the work print.
Cinematographer is also referred to as director of photography. Do not confuse with
videographeryesVideographerDirector of photographycliA person or organization for whom another person or organization is
actingnocltA person, family, or organization involved in manufacturing a manifestation of
photographic prints from film or other colloid that has ink-receptive and ink-repellent
surfacesyesclrA person or organization responsible for applying color to drawings, prints,
photographs, maps, moving images, etcnocwtA person or organization responsible for the commentary or explanatory notes
about a text. For the writer of manuscript annotations in a printed book, use Annotator noanncomA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a new work (e.g., a
bibliography, a directory) through the act of compilation, e.g., selecting, arranging,
aggregating, and editing data, information, etcyesedccplA person or organization who applies to the courts for redress, usually in an
equity proceedingnocmpA person, family, or organization responsible for creating or contributing to a
musical resource by adding music to a work that originally lacked it or supplements
ityescmtA person or organization responsible for the creation of metal slug, or molds
made of other materials, used to produce the text and images in printed
matternoTypesetterccpA person or organization responsible for the original idea on which a work is
based, this includes the scientific author of an audio-visual item and the conceptor of
an advertisementnoconA person or organization responsible for documenting, preserving, or treating
printed or manuscript material, works of art, artifacts, or other medianoPreservationistcslA person or organization relevant to a resource, who is called upon for
professional advice or services in a specialized field of knowledge or
trainingnocspA person or organization relevant to a resource, who is engaged specifically to
provide an intellectual overview of a strategic or operational task and by analysis,
specification, or instruction, to create or propose a cost-effective course of action or
solutionnocosA person(s) or organization who opposes, resists, or disputes, in a court of
law, a claim, decision, result, etc.noctsA person(s) or organization defending a claim, decision, result, etc. being
opposed, resisted, or disputed in a court of lawnoctrA person or organization relevant to a resource, who enters into a contract with
another person or organization to perform a specific noctbA person, family or organization responsible for making contributions to the
resource. This includes those whose work has been contributed to a larger work, such as
an anthology, serial publication, or other compilation of individual works. If a more
specific role is available, prefer that, e.g. editor, compiler, illustratorelementCollaboratorcpcA person or organization listed as a copyright owner at the time of
registration. Copyright can be granted or later transferred to another person or
organization, at which time the claimant becomes the copyright holdernocphA person or organization to whom copy and legal rights have been granted or
transferred for the intellectual content of a work. The copyright holder, although not
necessarily the creator of the work, usually has the exclusive right to benefit
financially from the sale and use of the work to which the associated copyright
protection appliesnocrrA person or organization who is a corrector of manuscripts, such as the
scriptorium official who corrected the work of a scribe. For printed matter, use
ProofreadernoProofreadercrpA person or organization who was either the writer or recipient of a letter or
other communicationnocstA person, family, or organization that designs the costumes for a moving image
production or for a musical or dramatic presentation or entertainmentyescouA court governed by court rules, regardless of their official nature (e.g.,
laws, administrative regulations)yescorThe person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by preparing a
court’s opinions for publicationyescovA person or organization responsible for the graphic design of a book cover,
album cover, slipcase, box, container, etc. For a person or organization responsible for
the graphic design of an entire book, use Book designer; for book jackets, use
Bookjacket designernoDesigner of covercreA person or organization responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of
a resourceelementcurA person, family, or organization conceiving, aggregating, and/or organizing an
exhibition, collection, or other itemyesCurator of an exhibitiondtcA person or organization that submits data for inclusion in a database or other
collection of datanodtmA person or organization responsible for managing databases or other data
sourcesnodteA person, family, or organization to whom the resource is dedicatedyesDedicatee of itemdtoA person who writes a dedication, which may be a formal statement or in
epistolary or verse formyesdfdA person or organization who is accused in a criminal proceeding or sued in a
civil proceedingyesdggA organization granting an academic degreeyesDegree grantordlnA person or organization executing technical drawings from others'
designsnodpcAn entity depicted or portrayed in a work, particularly in a work of
artnodstA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a design for an
objectyesdrtA person responsible for the general management and supervision of a filmed
performance, a radio or television program, etc. yesdisA person who presents a thesis for a university or higher-level educational
degreenodbpA place from which a resource, e.g., a serial, is distributednodrmA person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by an architect,
inventor, etc., by making detailed plans or drawings for buildings, ships, aircraft,
machines, objects, etcyesTechnical draftsmandubA person or organization to which authorship has been dubiously or incorrectly
ascribednoedtA person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by revising or
elucidating the content, e.g., adding an introduction, notes, or other critical matter.
An editor may also prepare a resource for production, publication, or distribution. For
major revisions, adaptations, etc., that substantially change the nature and content of
the original work, resulting in a new work, see author yesedcA person, family, or organization contributing to a collective or aggregate work
by selecting and putting together works, or parts of works, by one or more creators. For
compilations of data, information, etc., that result in new works, see compiler yescomedmA person, family, or organization responsible for assembling, arranging, and
trimming film, video, or other moving image formats, including both visual and audio
aspectsyesMoving image work editorelgA person responsible for setting up a lighting rig and focusing the lights for a
production, and running the lighting at a performancenoChief electrician; House electrician; Master electricianeltA person or organization who creates a duplicate printing surface by pressure
molding and electrodepositing of metal that is then backed up with lead for
printingnoenjA jurisdiction enacting a law, regulation, constitution, court rule, etc. yesengA person or organization that is responsible for technical planning and design,
particularly with constructionnoegrA person or organization who cuts letters, figures, etc. on a surface, such as a
wooden or metal plate used for printingyesetrA person or organization who produces text or images for printing by subjecting
metal, glass, or some other surface to acid or the corrosive action of some other
substanceyesevpA place where an event such as a conference or a concert took placenoexpA person or organization in charge of the description and appraisal of the value
of goods, particularly rare items, works of art, etc. noAppraiserfacA person or organization that executed the facsimilenoCopierfldA person or organization that manages or supervises the work done to collect raw
data or do research in an actual setting or environment (typically applies to the
natural and social sciences)nofpyA person or organization who is identified as the only party or the party of the
first party. In the case of transfer of rights, this is the assignor, transferor,
licensor, grantor, etc. Multiple parties can be named jointly as the first
partynofrgA person or organization who makes or imitates something of value or importance,
especially with the intent to defraudnoCopier; CounterfeiterfmoA person, family, or organization formerly having legal possession of an item
(i.e., a specific copy or instance of a resource)yesfndA person or organization that furnished financial support for the production of
the worknogisA person responsible for geographic information system (GIS) development and
integration with global positioning system datanoGeospatial information specialisthnrA person, family, or organization honored by a work or item (e.g., the honoree
of a festschrift, a person to whom a copy is presented)yesHonouree; Honouree of itemiluA person providing decoration to a specific item using precious metals or color,
often with elaborate designs and motifsyesillA person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by supplementing
the primary content with drawings, diagrams, photographs, etc. If the work is primarily
the artistic content created by this entity, use artistyesartinsA person who has written a statement of dedication or giftyesiveA person, family or organization responsible for creating or contributing to a
resource by responding to an interviewer, usually a reporter, pollster, or some other
information gathering agentyesivrA person, family, or organization responsible for creating or contributing to a
resource by acting as an interviewer, reporter, pollster, or some other information
gathering agentyesinvA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a new device or
processyesPatent inventorisbA person, family or organization issuing the work, such as an official organ of
the bodyyesjudA person who hears and decides on legal matters in court.yesjugA jurisdiction governed by a law, regulation, etc., that was enacted by another
jurisdictionyeslbrAn organization that provides scientific analyses of material
samplesnoldrA person or organization that manages or supervises work done in a controlled
setting or environmentnoLab directorledA person or organization that takes primary responsibility for a particular
activity or endeavor. May be combined with another relator term or code to show the
greater importance this person or organization has regarding that particular role. If
more than one relator is assigned to a heading, use the Lead relator only if it applies
to all the relatorsnolenA person or organization permitting the temporary use of a book, manuscript,
etc., such as for photocopying or microfilmingnolilA person or organization who files a libel in an ecclesiastical or admiralty
casenolelA person or organization against whom a libel has been filed in an
ecclesiastical court or admiraltynolseA person or organization who is an original recipient of the right to print or
publishnolsoA person or organization who is a signer of the license, imprimatur,
etcnoImprimaturlgdA person or organization who designs the lighting scheme for a theatrical
presentation, entertainment, motion picture, etc.noltgA person or organization who prepares the stone or plate for lithographic
printing, including a graphic artist creating a design directly on the surface from
which printing will be done. yesmfpThe place of manufacture (e.g., printing, duplicating, casting, etc.) of a
resource in a published formnomrbThe entity responsible for marbling paper, cloth, leather, etc. used in
construction of a resourcenomrkA person or organization performing the coding of SGML, HTML, or XML markup of
metadata, text, etc.noEncodermdcA person or organization primarily responsible for compiling and maintaining the
original description of a metadata set (e.g., geospatial metadata set)nomonA person or organization that supervises compliance with the contract and is
responsible for the report and controls its distribution. Sometimes referred to as the
grantee, or controlling agencynomcpA person who transcribes or copies musical notationnomsdA person who coordinates the activities of the composer, the sound editor, and
sound mixers for a moving image production or for a musical or dramatic presentation or
entertainmentyesmusA person or organization who performs music or contributes to the musical
content of a work when it is not possible or desirable to identify the function more
preciselynoopnA person or organization responsible for opposing a thesis or
dissertationnoormA person or organization responsible for organizing a meeting for which the
resource is the report or proceedingsnoorgA person or organization performing the work, i.e., the name of a person or
organization associated with the intellectual content of the work. This category does
not include the publisher or personal affiliation, or sponsor except where it is also
the corporate authornoothA role that has no equivalent in the MARC listnoownA person, family, or organization that currently owns an item or collection,
i.e.has legal possession of a specific copy or instance of a resourceyesCurrent ownerppmA person or organization responsible for the production of paper, usually from
wood, cloth, or other fibrous materialnoptaA person or organization that applied for a patentnopthA person or organization that was granted the patent referred to by the
itemnoPatenteepatA person or organization responsible for commissioning a work. Usually a patron
uses his or her means or influence to support the work of artists, writers, etc. This
includes those who commission and pay for individual worksnoprfA person contributing to a resource by performing music, acting, dancing,
speaking, etc., often in a musical or dramatic presentation, etc. If specific codes are
used, [prf] is used for a person whose principal skill is not known or
specifiedyespmaAn organization (usually a government agency) that issues permits under which
work is accomplishednophtA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a photographic
workyesptfA person or organization who brings a suit in a civil proceedingyespltA person, family, or organization involved in manufacturing a manifestation by
preparing plates used in the production of printed images and/or textyespraA person who is the faculty moderator of an academic disputation, normally
proposing a thesis and participating in the ensuing disputationyespreA person or organization mentioned in an “X presents” credit for moving image
materials and who is associated with production, finance, or distribution in some way. A
vanity credit; in early years, normally the head of a studioyesprtA person, family, or organization involved in manufacturing a manifestation of
printed text, notated music, etc., from type or plates, such as a book, newspaper,
magazine, broadside, score, etcyespopA person or organization who prints illustrations from plates.noPlates, printer ofprmA person or organization who makes a relief, intaglio, or planographic printing
surfaceyesprcA person or organization primarily responsible for performing or initiating a
process, such as is done with the collection of metadata setsnoprnAn organization that is responsible for financial, technical, and organizational
management of a production for stage, screen, sound recording, television, webcast, etc. yesprsA person or organization responsible for designing the overall visual appearance
of a moving image production yespmnA person responsible for all technical and business matters in a
productionnoprdA person or organization associated with the production (props, lighting,
special effects, etc.) of a musical or dramatic presentation or
entertainmentnoprpThe place of production (e.g., inscription, fabrication, construction, etc.) of
a resource in an unpublished formnoprgA person, family, or organization responsible for creating a computer
programyespdrA person or organization with primary responsibility for all essential aspects
of a project, has overall responsibility for managing projects, or provides overall
direction to a project managernopfrA person who corrects printed matter. For manuscripts, use Corrector
[crr]noCorrectorprvA person or organization who produces, publishes, manufactures, or distributes a
resource if specific codes are not desired (e.g. [mfr], [pbl])nopupThe place where a resource is publishednopbdA person or organization who presides over the elaboration of a collective work
to ensure its coherence or continuity. This includes editors-in-chief, literary editors,
editors of series, etc.norceA person contributing to a resource by supervising the technical aspects of a
sound or video recording sessionyesrcdA person or organization who uses a recording device to capture sounds and/or
video during a recording session, including field recordings of natural sounds,
folkloric events, music, etc.yesredA person or organization who writes or develops the framework for an item
without being intellectually responsible for its contentnorenA person or organization who prepares drawings of architectural designs (i.e.,
renderings) in accurate, representational perspective to show what the project will look
like when completednorptA person or organization who writes or presents reports of news or current
events on air or in printnorpsAn organization that hosts data or material culture objects and provides
services to promote long term, consistent and shared use of those data or
objectsnorthA person who directed or managed a research projectnortmA person who participated in a research project but whose role did not involve
direction or management of itnoresA person or organization responsible for performing researchnoPerformer of researchrspA person or organization who makes an answer to the courts pursuant to an
application for redress (usually in an equity proceeding) or a candidate for a degree
who defends or opposes a thesis provided by the praeses in an academic
disputationyesrpyA person or organization legally responsible for the content of the published
materialnorsgA person or organization, other than the original choreographer or director,
responsible for restaging a choreographic or dramatic work and who contributes minimal
new contentnorsrA person, family, or organization responsible for the set of technical,
editorial, and intellectual procedures aimed at compensating for the degradation of an
item by bringing it back to a state as close as possible to its original
conditionyesrevA person or organization responsible for the review of a book, motion picture,
performance, etc.norbrA person or organization responsible for parts of a work, often headings or
opening parts of a manuscript, that appear in a distinctive color, usually
rednosceA person or organization who is the author of a motion picture screenplay,
generally the person who wrote the scenarios for a motion picture during the silent
eranoScreenwritersadA person or organization who brings scientific, pedagogical, or historical
competence to the conception and realization on a work, particularly in the case of
audio-visual itemsnoscrA person who is an amanuensis and for a writer of manuscripts proper. For a
person who makes pen-facsimiles, use Facsimilist [fac]noFacsimilistspyA person or organization who is identified as the party of the second part. In
the case of transfer of right, this is the assignee, transferee, licensee, grantee, etc.
Multiple parties can be named jointly as the second partynosecA person or organization who is a recorder, redactor, or other person
responsible for expressing the views of a organizationnostdA person who translates the rough sketches of the art director into actual
architectural structures for a theatrical presentation, entertainment, motion picture,
etc. Set designers draw the detailed guides and specifications for building the
setnostgAn entity in which the activity or plot of a work takes place, e.g. a geographic
place, a time period, a building, an eventnosgnA person whose signature appears without a presentation or other statement
indicative of provenance. When there is a presentation statement, use Inscriber
[ins].nosdsA person who produces and reproduces the sound score (both live and recorded),
the installation of microphones, the setting of sound levels, and the coordination of
sources of sound for a productionnospnA person, family, or organization sponsoring some aspect of the resource, e.g.,
funding research, sponsoring an eventyesSponsoring bodysgdA person or organization contributing to a stage resource through the overall
management and supervision of a performanceyesstmA person who is in charge of everything that occurs on a performance stage, and
who acts as chief of all crews and assistant to a director during
rehearsalsnostnAn organization responsible for the development or enforcement of a
standardnostrA person or organization who creates a new plate for printing by molding or
copying another printing surfacenoshtA person or organization that supports (by allocating facilities, staff, or
other resources) a project, program, meeting, event, data objects, material culture
objects, or other entities capable of supportnoHost, supportingsrvA person, family, or organization contributing to a cartographic resource by
providing measurements or dimensional relationships for the geographic area
representedyestcdA person who is ultimately in charge of scenery, props, lights and sound for a
productionnothsA person under whose supervision a degree candidate develops and presents a
thesis, mémoire, or text of a dissertationnoPromotertrcA person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by changing it from
one system of notation to another. For a work transcribed for a different instrument or
performing group, see Arranger [arr]. For makers of pen-facsimiles, use Facsimilist
[fac]yesarr;factrlA person or organization who renders a text from one language into another, or
from an older form of a language into the modern formyestydA person or organization who designs the type face used in a particular
itemnoDesigner of typetygA person or organization primarily responsible for choice and arrangement of
type used in an item. If the typographer is also responsible for other aspects of the
graphic design of a book (e.g., Book designer [bkd]), codes for both functions may be
needednoBook designeruvpA place where a university that is associated with a resource is located, for
example, a university where an academic dissertation or thesis was
presentednovdgA person in charge of a video production, e.g. the video recording of a stage
production as opposed to a commercial motion picture. The videographer may be the camera
operator or may supervise one or more camera operators. Do not confuse with
cinematographernoCinematographerwitA person who verifies the truthfulness of an event or actionnoDeponent; Eyewitness; Observer; Onlooker; TestifierwdeA person or organization who makes prints by cutting the image in relief on the
end-grain of a wood blocknowdcA person or organization who makes prints by cutting the image in relief on the
plank side of a wood blocknowamA person or organization who writes significant material which accompanies a
sound recording or other audiovisual materialnowacA person, family, or corporate body contributing to an expression of a work by
providing an interpretation or critical explanation of the original workyeswatA person, family, or organization contributing to a non-textual resource by
providing text for the non-textual work (e.g., writing captions for photographs,
descriptions of maps).yesArchitectlsaAn architect responsible for creating landscape works. This work involves
coordinating the arrangement of existing and proposed land features and structures yesAuthoraqtA person or organization whose work is largely quoted or extracted in works to
which he or she did not contribute directly. Such quotations are found particularly in
exhibition catalogs, collections of photographs, etc.noaftA person or organization responsible for an afterword, postface, colophon, etc.
but who is not the chief author of a worknoaudA person or organization responsible for the dialog or spoken commentary for a
screenplay or sound recordingnoauiA person or organization responsible for an introduction, preface, foreword, or
other critical introductory matter, but who is not the chief authornolbtAn author of a libretto of an opera or other stage work, or an
oratorioyeslyrAn author of the words of a non-dramatic musical work (e.g. the text of a song),
except for oratoriosyesausAn author of a screenplay, script, or sceneyesAuthor of screenplay, etc.sclAn artist responsible for creating a three-dimensional work by modeling,
carving, or similar techniqueyesComplainantcptA complainant who takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to another to
reverse the judgment, usually in an equity proceedingnocpeA complainant against whom an appeal is taken from one court or jurisdiction to
another to reverse the judgment, usually in an equity proceedingnoContestantcotA contestant who takes an appeal from one court of law or jurisdiction to
another to reverse the judgmentnocoeA contestant against whom an appeal is taken from one court of law or
jurisdiction to another to reverse the judgmentnoContesteecttA contestee who takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to another to
reverse the judgmentnocteA contestee against whom an appeal is taken from one court or jurisdiction to
another to reverse the judgmentnoCuratorcorA curator who lists or inventories the items in an aggregate work such as a
collection of items or worksyescolA curator who brings together items from various sources that are then arranged,
described, and cataloged as a collection. A collector is neither the creator of the
material nor a person to whom manuscripts in the collection may have been
addressedyesDefendantdftA defendant who takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to another to
reverse the judgment, usually in a legal actionnodfeA defendant against whom an appeal is taken from one court or jurisdiction to
another to reverse the judgment, usually in a legal actionnoDirectorfmdA director responsible for the general management and supervision of a filmed
performance yesfmkA person, family or organization responsible for creating an independent or
personal film. A filmmaker is individually responsible for the conception and execution
of all aspects of the filmyesrddA director responsible for the general management and supervision of a radio
programyestldA director responsible for the general management and supervision of a
television program yesDistributorfmdA person, family, or organization involved in distributing a moving image
resource to theatres or other distribution channels yesEditor of moving image workflmA person who, following the script and in creative cooperation with the
Director, selects, arranges, and assembles the filmed material, controls the
synchronization of picture and sound, and participates in other post-production tasks
such as sound mixing and visual effects processing. Today, picture editing is often
performed digitally. noMotion picture editorEngravermteAn engraver responsible for decorations, illustrations, letters, etc. cut on a
metal surface for printing or decorationnoFormer ownerdnrA former owner of an item who donated that item to another owneryessllA former owner of an item who sold that item to another owneryesHosthisAn organization hosting an event, exhibit, conference, etc., which gave rise to
the resource, but having little or no responsibility for the content of the
resourceyesLibelantlitA libelant who takes an appeal from one ecclesiastical court or admiralty to
another to reverse the judgmentnolieA libelant against whom an appeal is taken from one ecclesiastical court or
admiralty to another to reverse the judgmentnoLibeleeletA libelee who takes an appeal from one ecclesiastical court or admiralty to
another to reverse the judgmentnoleeA libelee against whom an appeal is taken from one ecclesiastical court or
admiralty to another to reverse the judgmentnoOwnerdptA current owner of an item who deposited the item into the custody of another
person, family, or organization, while still retaining ownershipyesPerformeractA performer contributing to an expression of a work by acting as a cast member
or player in a musical or dramatic presentation, etc.yescmmA performer contributing to a work by providing interpretation, analysis, or a
discussion of the subject matter on a recording, film, or other audiovisual
mediumyescndA performer contributing to a musical resource by leading a performing group
(orchestra, chorus, opera, etc.) in a musical or dramatic presentation,
etc.yesdncA performer who dances in a musical, dramatic, etc., presentationyeshstA performer contributing to a resource by leading a program (often broadcast)
that includes other guests, performers, etc. (e.g., talk show host)yesitrA performer contributing to a resource by playing a musical
instrumentyesmodA performer contributing to a resource by leading a program (often broadcast)
where topics are discussed, usually with participation of experts in fields related to
the discussionyesnrtA performer contributing to a resource by reading or speaking in order to give
an account of an act, occurrence, course of events, etcyesospA performer contributing to an expression of a work by appearing on screen in
nonfiction moving image materials or introductions to fiction moving image materials to
provide contextual or background information. Use when another term (e.g., narrator,
host) is either not applicable or not desiredyespanA performer contributing to a resource by participating in a program (often
broadcast) where topics are discussed, usually with participation of experts in fields
related to the discussionyespptA performer contributing to a resource by manipulating, controlling, or
directing puppets or marionettes in a moving image production or a musical or dramatic
presentation or entertainmentyessngA performer contributing to a resource by using his/her/their voice, with or
without instrumental accompaniment, to produce music. A singer’s performance may or may
not include actual wordsyesVocalistspkA performer contributing to a resource by speaking words, such as a lecture,
speech, etc. yesstlA performer contributing to a resource by relaying a creator’s original story
with dramatic or theatrical interpretationyestchA performer contributing to a resource by giving instruction or providing a
demonstrationyesInstructorPlaintiffpttA plaintiff who takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to another to
reverse the judgment, usually in a legal proceedingnopteA plaintiff against whom an appeal is taken from one court or jurisdiction to
another to reverse the judgment, usually in a legal proceedingnoProducerfmpA producer responsible for most of the business aspects of a filmyesrpcA producer responsible for most of the business aspects of a radio
programyestlpA producer responsible for most of the business aspects of a television
programyesProviderdstA person or organization that has exclusive or shared marketing rights for a
resourceelementmfrA person or organization responsible for printing, duplicating, casting, etc. a
resourceelementproA person, family, or organization responsible for most of the business aspects
of a production for screen, sound recording, television, webcast, etc. The producer is
generally responsible for fund raising, managing the production, hiring key personnel,
arranging for distributors, etc. yespblA person or organization responsible for publishing, releasing, or issuing a
resourceelementRespondentrstA respondent who takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to another to
reverse the judgment, usually in an equity proceedingnorseA respondent against whom an appeal is taken from one court or jurisdiction to
another to reverse the judgment, usually in an equity proceedingnoWriter of added textwalA writer of words added to an expression of a musical work. For lyric writing in
collaboration with a composer to form an original work, see lyricistyes