Agent object properties Properties that accommodate object values for the relationship elements of the RDA Agent, Collective Agent, Person, Family, and Corporate Body entities. rdaao Copyright © 2020 American Library Association, Canadian Federation of Library Associations, and CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals RDA Steering Committee RSC Technical Working Group ALA Digital Reference v5.4.12 2026-02-19 2016-09-18 is abridger agent of is abridger collective agent of is abridger corporate body of is abridger family of is abridger person of has absorbed corporate body has absorbing corporate body is academic supervisor of has access point for agent has access point for collective agent has access point for corporate body has access point for family has access point for person is actor agent of is actor collective agent of is actor corporate body of is actor family of is actor person of is addressee agent of is addressee collective agent of is addressee corporate body of is addressee family of is addressee person of has address of agent (Deprecated) has address of collective agent (Deprecated) has address of corporate body (Deprecated) has address of family (Deprecated) has address of person (Deprecated) has affiliation (Deprecated) is agent described by is aggregator collective agent of is aggregator corporate body of is aggregator family of is aggregator agent of is aggregator person of has alternate identity (Deprecated) has alternate identity of person is animator agent of is animator collective agent of is animator corporate body of is animator family of is animator person of is annotator of is appellant corporate body of is appellant person of has appellation of agent has appellation of collective agent has appellation of corporate body has appellation of family has appellation of person is appellee corporate body of is appellee person of is architect agent of is architect collective agent of is architect corporate body of is architect family of is architect person of is arranger agent of music of is arranger collective agent of music of is arranger corporate body of music of is arranger family of music of is arranger person of music of is art director agent of is art director collective agent of is art director corporate body of is art director family of is art director person of is artist agent of is artist collective agent of is artist corporate body of is artist family of is artist person of is assigner agent of is assigner collective agent of is assigner corporate body of is assigner family of is assigner person of has assistant is assistant to has associated institution (Deprecated) is audio engineer agent of is audio engineer collective agent of is audio engineer corporate body of is audio engineer family of is audio engineer person of is audio producer agent of is audio producer collective agent of is audio producer corporate body of is audio producer family of is audio producer person of is author agent of is author collective agent of is author corporate body of is author family of has authorized access point for agent has authorized access point for collective agent has authorized access point for corporate body has authorized access point for family has authorized access point for person is author of expression of (Deprecated) is author person of is autographer of is binder agent of is binder collective agent of is binder corporate body of is binder family of is binder person of is book artist agent of is book artist collective agent of is book artist corporate body of is book artist family of is book artist person of is book designer agent of is book designer collective agent of is book designer corporate body of is book designer family of is book designer person of is braille embosser agent of is braille embosser collective agent of is braille embosser corporate body of is braille embosser family of is braille embosser person of is broadcaster agent of is broadcaster collective agent of is broadcaster corporate body of is broadcaster family of is broadcaster person of has broader affiliated body is calligrapher agent of is calligrapher collective agent of is calligrapher corporate body of is calligrapher family of is calligrapher person of is cartographer agent of work of is cartographer collective agent of work of is cartographer corporate body of work of is cartographer family of work of is cartographer of expression of (Deprecated) is cartographer person of work of is caster agent of is caster collective agent of is caster corporate body of is caster family of is caster person of is casting director agent of is casting director collective agent of is casting director corporate body of is casting director family of is casting director person of is censor agent of is censor collective agent of is censor corporate body of is censor family of is censor person of has chief executive is chief executive of is choral conductor agent of is choral conductor collective agent of is choral conductor corporate body of is choral conductor family of is choral conductor person of is choreographer agent of is choreographer collective agent of is choreographer corporate body of is choreographer family of is choreographer of expression of (Deprecated) is choreographer person of is civil defendant corporate body of is civil defendant person of has colleague is collection registrar agent of (Deprecated) is collection registrar collective agent of (Deprecated) is collection registrar corporate body of (Deprecated) is collection registrar family of (Deprecated) is collection registrar person of (Deprecated) is collective agent described by is collector agent of (Deprecated) is collector collective agent of (Deprecated) is collector corporate body of (Deprecated) is collector family of (Deprecated) is collector person of (Deprecated) is collotyper agent of is collotyper collective agent of is collotyper corporate body of is collotyper family of is collotyper person of is colourist agent of is colourist collective agent of is colourist corporate body of is colourist family of is colourist person of is commentator agent of is commentator collective agent of is commentator corporate body of is commentator family of is commentator person of is commissioning agent of is commissioning collective agent of is commissioning corporate body of is commissioning family of is commissioning person of is compiler agent of is compiler collective agent of is compiler corporate body of is compiler family of is compiler person of has component of merger is composer agent of work of is composer collective agent of work of is composer corporate body of work of is composer family of work of is composer of expression of (Deprecated) is composer person of work of is conductor agent of is conductor collective agent of is conductor corporate body of is conductor family of is conductor person of is consultant agent of is consultant collective agent of is consultant corporate body of is consultant family of is consultant person of is contributor agent of cartography of is contributor agent of choreography of is contributor agent of computer content of is contributor agent of moving image of is contributor agent of music of is contributor agent of object of is contributor agent of speech of is contributor agent of still image of is contributor agent of text of is contributor agent to aggregate of is contributor agent to amalgamation of is contributor agent to performance of is contributor collective agent of cartography of is contributor collective agent of choreography of is contributor collective agent of computer content of is contributor collective agent of moving image of is contributor collective agent of music of is contributor collective agent of object of is contributor collective agent of speech of is contributor collective agent of still image of is contributor collective agent of text of is contributor collective agent to aggregate of is contributor collective agent to amalgamation of is contributor collective agent to performance of is contributor corporate body of cartography of is contributor corporate body of choreography of is contributor corporate body of computer content of is contributor corporate body of moving image of is contributor corporate body of music of is contributor corporate body of object of is contributor corporate body of speech of is contributor corporate body of still image of is contributor corporate body of text of is contributor corporate body to aggregate of is contributor corporate body to amalgamation of is contributor corporate body to performance of is contributor family of cartography of is contributor family of choreography of is contributor family of computer content of is contributor family of moving image of is contributor family of music of is contributor family of object of is contributor family of speech of is contributor family of still image of is contributor family of text of is contributor family to aggregate of is contributor family to amalgamation of is contributor family to performance of is contributor person of cartography of is contributor person of choreography of is contributor person of computer content of is contributor person of moving image of is contributor person of music of is contributor person of object of is contributor person of speech of is contributor person of still image of is contributor person of text of is contributor person to aggregate of is contributor person to amalgamation of is contributor person to performance of is contributor to aggregated content of (Deprecated) is corporate body described by has corporate body member of collective agent is corporate body member of collective agent of has corporate body member of corporate body is corporate body member of corporate body of has corporate body member of family is corporate body member of family of is costume designer agent of is costume designer collective agent of is costume designer corporate body of is costume designer family of is costume designer person of has country associated with person is court governed of is court reporter agent of is court reporter collective agent of is court reporter corporate body of is court reporter family of is court reporter person of has coworker is creator agent of expression of is creator agent of manifestation of is creator agent of work of is creator collective agent of expression of is creator collective agent of manifestation of is creator collective agent of work of is creator corporate body of expression of is creator corporate body of manifestation of is creator corporate body of work of is creator family of expression of is creator family of manifestation of is creator family of work of is creator person of expression of is creator person of manifestation of is creator person of work of is criminal defendant corporate body of is criminal defendant person of is curator agent of (Deprecated) is curator collective agent of (Deprecated) is curator corporate body of (Deprecated) is curator family of (Deprecated) is curator person of (Deprecated) is current owner agent of is current owner collective agent of is current owner corporate body of is current owner family of is current owner person of is custodian agent of is custodian collective agent of is custodian corporate body of is custodian family of is custodian person of is dancer agent of is dancer collective agent of is dancer corporate body of is dancer family of is dancer person of has date associated with corporate body (Deprecated) has date associated with family (Deprecated) has date associated with person (Deprecated) has date of birth has date of conference has date of death has date of establishment has date of termination is dedicatee agent of item of is dedicatee agent of work of is dedicatee collective agent of item of is dedicatee collective agent of work of is dedicatee corporate body of item of is dedicatee corporate body of work of is dedicatee family of item of is dedicatee family of work of is dedicatee person of item of is dedicatee person of work of is dedicator agent of is dedicator collective agent of is dedicator corporate body of is dedicator family of is dedicator person of is defendant corporate body of is defendant person of is degree committee member of is degree granting institution of is degree supervisor of is depositor agent of is depositor collective agent of is depositor corporate body of is depositor family of is depositor person of has descendant family of family is descendant family of family of has descendant family of person is designer agent of is designer collective agent of is designer corporate body of is designer family of is designer person of is director agent of is director agent of photography of is director collective agent of is director collective agent of photography of is director corporate body of is director corporate body of photography of is director family of is director family of photography of is director person of is director person of photography of is distributor agent of is distributor collective agent of is distributor corporate body of is distributor family of is distributor person of is DJ agent of is DJ collective agent of is DJ corporate body of is DJ family of is DJ person of is donor agent of is donor collective agent of is donor corporate body of is donor family of is donor person of is draftsman agent of is draftsman collective agent of is draftsman corporate body of is draftsman family of is draftsman person of is dubbing director agent of is dubbing director collective agent of is dubbing director corporate body of is dubbing director family of is dubbing director person of is editor agent of moving image work of is editor agent of is editor collective agent of moving image work of is editor collective agent of is editor corporate body of moving image work of is editor corporate body of is editor family of moving image work of is editor family of is editorial director agent of is editorial director collective agent of is editorial director corporate body of is editorial director family of is editorial director person of is editor of (Deprecated) is editor person of moving image work of is editor person of has employee has employer is enacting government of is engraver agent of is engraver collective agent of is engraver corporate body of is engraver family of is engraver person of has enrolled student is etcher agent of is etcher collective agent of is etcher corporate body of is etcher family of is etcher person of is family described by has family member of collective agent is family member of collective agent of has family member of corporate body is family member of corporate body of has family member of family is family member of family of has fellow student is film director agent of is film director collective agent of is film director corporate body of is film director family of is film director person of is film distributor agent of is film distributor collective agent of is film distributor corporate body of is film distributor family of is film distributor person of is filmmaker agent of is filmmaker collective agent of is filmmaker corporate body of is filmmaker family of is filmmaker person of is film producer agent of is film producer collective agent of is film producer corporate body of is film producer family of is film producer person of is former owner agent of is former owner collective agent of is former owner corporate body of is former owner family of is former owner person of has founded corporate body of agent has founded corporate body of collective agent has founded corporate body of corporate body has founded corporate body of family has founded corporate body of person is founder agent of work of is founder collective agent of work of is founder corporate body of work of is founder family of work of is founder person of work of has founding agent of corporate body has founding collective agent of corporate body has founding corporate body of corporate body has founding family of corporate body has founding person of corporate body has friend has fuller form of name has given name has graduate is graduate of has hierarchical subordinate has hierarchical superior is honouree agent of item of is honouree agent of work of is honouree collective agent of item of is honouree collective agent of work of is honouree corporate body of item of is honouree corporate body of work of is honouree family of item of is honouree family of work of is honouree person of item of is honouree person of work of is host agent of is host collective agent of is host corporate body of is host family of is hosting institution of is host person of has identifier for agent has identifier for collective agent has identifier for corporate body has identifier for family has identifier for person is illuminator agent of is illuminator collective agent of is illuminator corporate body of is illuminator family of is illuminator person of is illustrator of (Deprecated) is inscriber of is instructor agent of is instructor collective agent of is instructor corporate body of is instructor family of is instructor person of is instrumental conductor agent of is instrumental conductor collective agent of is instrumental conductor corporate body of is instrumental conductor family of is instrumental conductor person of is instrumentalist agent of is instrumentalist collective agent of is instrumentalist corporate body of is instrumentalist family of is instrumentalist person of is interviewee agent of expression of is interviewee agent of work of is interviewee collective agent of expression of is interviewee collective agent of work of is interviewee corporate body of expression of is interviewee corporate body of work of is interviewee family of expression of is interviewee family of work of is interviewee person of expression of is interviewee person of work of is interviewer agent of expression of is interviewer agent of work of is interviewer collective agent of expression of is interviewer collective agent of work of is interviewer corporate body of expression of is interviewer corporate body of work of is interviewer family of expression of is interviewer family of work of is interviewer person of expression of is interviewer person of work of is inventor agent of is inventor collective agent of is inventor corporate body of is inventor family of is inventor person of is issuing agent of is issuing collective agent of is issuing corporate body of is issuing family of is issuing person of has jointly held conference is judge of has place governed is jurisdiction governed of (Deprecated) is landscape architect agent of is landscape architect collective agent of is landscape architect corporate body of is landscape architect family of is landscape architect person of is letterer agent of is letterer collective agent of is letterer corporate body of is letterer family of is letterer person of is librettist agent of is librettist collective agent of is librettist corporate body of is librettist family of is librettist person of is lighting designer agent of is lighting designer collective agent of is lighting designer corporate body of is lighting designer family of is lighting designer person of is lithographer agent of is lithographer collective agent of is lithographer corporate body of is lithographer family of is lithographer person of has local affiliate is lyricist agent of is lyricist collective agent of is lyricist corporate body of is lyricist family of is lyricist person of is makeup artist agent of is makeup artist collective agent of is makeup artist corporate body of is makeup artist family of is makeup artist person of is manufacturer agent of is manufacturer collective agent of is manufacturer corporate body of is manufacturer family of is manufacturer person of is medium of has mergee is minute taker agent of is minute taker collective agent of is minute taker corporate body of is minute taker family of is minute taker person of is mixing engineer agent of is mixing engineer collective agent of is mixing engineer corporate body of is mixing engineer family of is mixing engineer person of is moderator agent of is moderator collective agent of is moderator corporate body of is moderator family of is moderator person of is modifier agent of is modifier collective agent of is modifier corporate body of is modifier family of is modifier person of is musical director agent of is musical director collective agent of is musical director corporate body of is musical director family of is musical director person of is music programmer agent of is music programmer collective agent of is music programmer corporate body of is music programmer family of is music programmer person of has name of agent has name of collective agent has name of corporate body has name of family has name of person is narrator agent of is narrator collective agent of is narrator corporate body of is narrator family of is narrator person of has officer is officer of is onscreen participant agent of is onscreen participant collective agent of is onscreen participant corporate body of is onscreen participant family of is onscreen participant person of is onscreen presenter agent of is onscreen presenter collective agent of is onscreen presenter corporate body of is onscreen presenter family of is onscreen presenter person of is organizer agent of is organizer collective agent of is organizer corporate body of is organizer family of is organizer person of is other agent associated with item of (Deprecated) is other agent associated with manifestation of (Deprecated) is other agent associated with work of (Deprecated) has other place associated with corporate body (Deprecated) is owner agent of is owner collective agent of is owner corporate body of is owner family of is owner person of is panelist agent of is panelist collective agent of is panelist corporate body of is panelist family of is panelist person of is papermaker agent of is papermaker collective agent of is papermaker corporate body of is papermaker family of is papermaker person of is participant in treaty of has partner is performer agent of is performer collective agent of is performer corporate body of is performer family of is performer person of has period of activity of agent has period of activity of collective agent has period of activity of corporate body has period of activity of family has period of activity of person is person described by has person member of collective agent is person member of collective agent of has person member of corporate body is person member of corporate body of has person member of family is person member of family of is photographer agent of work of is photographer collective agent of work of is photographer corporate body of work of is photographer family of work of is photographer of expression of (Deprecated) is photographer person of work of has place associated with corporate body (Deprecated) has place associated with family (Deprecated) has place of birth has place of conference has place of death has place of residence is plaintiff corporate body of is plaintiff person of is platemaker agent of is platemaker collective agent of is platemaker corporate body of is platemaker family of is platemaker person of is praeses of has predecessor of collective agent has predecessor of corporate body has predecessor of family has predecessor of split has preferred name of agent has preferred name of collective agent has preferred name of corporate body has preferred name of family has preferred name of person is presenter agent of is presenter collective agent of is presenter corporate body of is presenter family of is presenter person of is printer agent of is printer collective agent of is printer corporate body of is printer family of is printer person of is printmaker agent of is printmaker collective agent of is printmaker corporate body of is printmaker family of is printmaker person of is producer agent of is producer agent of unpublished manifestation of is producer collective agent of is producer collective agent of unpublished manifestation of is producer corporate body of is producer corporate body of unpublished manifestation of is producer family of is producer family of unpublished manifestation of is producer person of is producer person of unpublished manifestation of is production company of is production designer agent of is production designer collective agent of is production designer corporate body of is production designer family of is production designer person of has product of merger has product of split is descendant family of person of is programmer agent of is programmer collective agent of is programmer corporate body of is programmer family of is programmer person of is project supervisor of has prominent member of family is prominent member of family of is publisher agent of is publisher collective agent of is publisher corporate body of is publisher family of is publisher person of is puppeteer agent of is puppeteer collective agent of is puppeteer corporate body of is puppeteer family of is puppeteer person of is radio director agent of is radio director collective agent of is radio director corporate body of is radio director family of is radio director person of is radio producer agent of is radio producer collective agent of is radio producer corporate body of is radio producer family of is radio producer person of is rapporteur agent of is rapporteur collective agent of is rapporteur corporate body of is rapporteur family of is rapporteur person of has real identity (Deprecated) has real identity of person is recording engineer agent of is recording engineer collective agent of is recording engineer corporate body of is recording engineer family of is recording engineer person of is recordist agent of is recordist collective agent of is recordist corporate body of is recordist family of is recordist person of has related agent of agent has related agent of collective agent has related agent of corporate body has related agent of family has related agent of person has related collective agent of agent has related collective agent of collective agent has related collective agent of corporate body has related collective agent of family has related collective agent of person has related corporate body of agent has related corporate body of collective agent has related corporate body of corporate body has related corporate body of family has related corporate body of person has related expression of agent has related expression of collective agent has related expression of corporate body has related expression of family has related expression of person has related family of agent has related family of collective agent has related family of corporate body has related family of family has related family of person has related item of agent has related item of collective agent has related item of corporate body has related item of family has related item of person has related manifestation of agent has related manifestation of collective agent has related manifestation of corporate body has related manifestation of family has related manifestation of person has related nomen of agent has related nomen of collective agent has related nomen of corporate body has related nomen of family has related nomen of person has related person of agent has related person of collective agent has related person of corporate body has related person of family has related person of person has related place of agent has related place of collective agent has related place of corporate body has related place of family has related place of person has related RDA entity of agent has related RDA entity of collective agent has related RDA entity of corporate body has related RDA entity of family has related RDA entity of person has related timespan of agent has related timespan of collective agent has related timespan of corporate body has related timespan of family has related timespan of person has related work of agent has related work of collective agent has related work of corporate body has related work of family has related work of person is remix artist agent of is remix artist collective agent of is remix artist corporate body of is remix artist family of is remix artist person of is researcher agent of is researcher collective agent of is researcher corporate body of is researcher family of is researcher person of is research supervisor of is respondent of is restorationist agent of expression of is restorationist agent of item of is restorationist collective agent of expression of is restorationist collective agent of item of is restorationist corporate body of expression of is restorationist corporate body of item of is restorationist family of expression of is restorationist family of item of is restorationist person of expression of is restorationist person of item of is reviser agent of is reviser collective agent of is reviser corporate body of is reviser family of is reviser person of is screenwriter agent of is screenwriter collective agent of is screenwriter corporate body of is screenwriter family of is screenwriter person of is sculptor agent of is sculptor collective agent of is sculptor corporate body of is sculptor family of is sculptor person of is seller agent of is seller collective agent of is seller corporate body of is seller family of is seller person of is singer agent of is singer collective agent of is singer corporate body of is singer family of is singer person of is software developer agent of is software developer collective agent of is software developer corporate body of is software developer family of is software developer person of is sound designer agent of is sound designer collective agent of is sound designer corporate body of is sound designer family of is sound designer person of is speaker agent of is speaker collective agent of is speaker corporate body of is speaker family of is speaker person of is special effects provider agent of is special effects provider collective agent of is special effects provider corporate body of is special effects provider family of is special effects provider person of has sponsored corporate body of agent has sponsored corporate body of collective agent has sponsored corporate body of corporate body has sponsored corporate body of family has sponsored corporate body of person has sponsored work of agent has sponsored work of collective agent has sponsored work of corporate body has sponsored work of family has sponsored work of person has sponsoring agent of corporate body has sponsoring collective agent of corporate body has sponsoring corporate body of corporate body has sponsoring family of corporate body has sponsoring person of corporate body is stage director agent of is stage director collective agent of is stage director corporate body of is stage director family of is stage director person of is storyteller agent of is storyteller collective agent of is storyteller corporate body of is storyteller family of is storyteller person of has student is student at is subject agent of is subject collective agent of is subject corporate body of is subject family of is subject person of has successor of collective agent has successor of corporate body has successor of family has surname is surveyor agent of is surveyor collective agent of is surveyor corporate body of is surveyor family of is surveyor of (Deprecated) is surveyor person of has teacher is television director agent of is television director collective agent of is television director corporate body of is television director family of is television director person of is television producer agent of is television producer collective agent of is television producer corporate body of is television producer family of is television producer person of is transcriber agent of is transcriber collective agent of is transcriber corporate body of is transcriber family of is transcriber person of is translator agent of is translator collective agent of is translator corporate body of is translator family of is translator person of has trustee is trustee of has variant access point for agent has variant access point for collective agent has variant access point for corporate body has variant access point for family has variant access point for person has variant name of agent has variant name of collective agent has variant name of corporate body has variant name of family has variant name of person is visual effects provider agent of is visual effects provider collective agent of is visual effects provider corporate body of is visual effects provider family of is visual effects provider person of is voice actor agent of is voice actor collective agent of is voice actor corporate body of is voice actor family of is voice actor person of is writer of added commentary of (Deprecated) is writer of added lyrics of (Deprecated) is writer of added text of (Deprecated) is writer of afterword of (Deprecated) is writer of foreword of (Deprecated) is writer of introduction of (Deprecated) is writer of postface of (Deprecated) is writer of preface of (Deprecated) is writer of supplementary textual content of (Deprecated) Published Deprecated is agent described with metadata by toimijaa metatiedoilla kuvaileva teos is collective agent described with metadata by yhteistoimijaa metatiedoilla kuvaileva teos is corporate body described with metadata by yhteisöä metatiedoilla kuvaileva teos is family described with metadata by sukua metatiedoilla kuvaileva teos is person described with metadata by henkilöä metatiedoilla kuvaileva teos is collector agent of muodostaja (toimija) kokoelmalle is collector collective agent of muodostaja (yhteistoimija) kokoelmalle is collector corporate body of muodostaja (yhteisö) kokoelmalle is collector family of muodostaja (suku) kokoelmalle is collector person of muodostaja (henkilö) kokoelmalle is collection registrar agent of luetteloija (toimija) kokoelmalle is collection registrar collective agent of luetteloija (yhteistoimija) kokoelmalle is collection registrar corporate body of luetteloija (yhteisö) kokoelmalle is collection registrar family of luetteloija (suku) kokoelmalle is collection registrar person of luetteloija (henkilö) kokoelmalle has category of agent has category of collective agent has category of corporate body has category of family has category of government has category of person has field of activity of agent has field of activity of collective agent has field of activity of corporate body has field of activity of family has field of activity of person has gender has language of agent has language of collective agent has language of corporate body has language of family has language of person has profession or occupation has related entity of agent has related entity of collective agent has related entity of corporate body has related entity of family has related entity of person has term of rank or honour or office