Expression datatype properties Properties that accommodate string values for the attribute and relationship elements of the RDA Expression entity. rdaed 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 abridged as expression is abridgement of expression has abridger agent has abridger collective agent has abridger corporate body has abridger family has abridger person is absorbed by expression is absorbed in part by expression is absorption in part of expression is absorption of expression is abstracted as expression (Deprecated) is abstracted in expression is abstract of expression (Deprecated) is abstracts for expression has accessibility content (Deprecated) has access point for expression has accompanying expression relationship with (Deprecated) has actor agent has actor collective agent has actor corporate body has actor family has actor person is adaptation of expression is adapted as choreography expression is adapted as expression is adapted as graphic novel expression is adapted as libretto expression is adapted as motion picture expression is adapted as motion picture screenplay expression is adapted as musical theatre expression is adapted as novel expression is adapted as opera expression is adapted as oratorio expression is adapted as radio program expression is adapted as radio script expression is adapted as screenplay expression is adapted as television program expression is adapted as television screenplay expression is adapted as video expression is adapted as video screenplay expression is adapted in verse as expression has addenda expression is addenda to expression has additional scale information is aggregated by aggregates has animator agent has animator collective agent has animator corporate body has animator family has animator person has appellation of expression has appendix expression is appendix to expression is arranged as is arrangement of has arranger agent of music has arranger collective agent of music has arranger corporate body of music has arranger family of music has arranger person of music has art director agent has art director collective agent has art director corporate body has art director family has art director person has aspect ratio has aspect ratio designation has audio engineer agent has audio engineer collective agent has audio engineer corporate body has audio engineer family has audio engineer person is augmentation of expression is augmented by expression has authorized access point for expression has author of expression (Deprecated) has award has expression of source work is cadenza composed for expression has cadenza expression has capture information has cartographer of expression (Deprecated) has catalogue expression (Deprecated) is catalogue of expression (Deprecated) has category of expression has censor agent has censor collective agent has censor corporate body has censor family has censor person has choral conductor agent has choral conductor collective agent has choral conductor corporate body has choral conductor family has choral conductor person has choreographer of expression (Deprecated) is choreographic adaptation of expression has choreography expression is choreography for expression has colour content (Deprecated) has colourist agent has colourist collective agent has colourist corporate body has colourist family has colourist person is expression commentary in has commentator agent has commentator collective agent has commentator corporate body has commentator family has commentator person is complemented by expression has composer of expression (Deprecated) has concordance expression is concordance to expression has conductor agent has conductor collective agent has conductor corporate body has conductor family has conductor person has content type is continuation of expression is continued by expression has contributor agent to amalgamation has contributor agent to performance has contributor collective agent to amalgamation has contributor collective agent to performance has contributor corporate body to amalgamation has contributor corporate body to performance has contributor family to amalgamation has contributor family to performance has contributor person to amalgamation has contributor person to performance has costume designer agent has costume designer collective agent has costume designer corporate body has costume designer family has costume designer person has court reporter agent has court reporter collective agent has court reporter corporate body has court reporter family has court reporter person has creator agent of expression has creator collective agent of expression has creator corporate body of expression has creator family of expression has creator person of expression is expression critiqued by has dancer agent has dancer collective agent has dancer corporate body has dancer family has dancer person has date of capture has date of expression has expression of derivative work has derivative expression relationship (Deprecated) is expression described by has designation of version has details of aspect ratio designation has details of cartographic content has details of colour content (Deprecated) has details of duration has details of format of notated music has details of form of musical notation has details of form of notated movement has details of form of tactile notation has details of illustrative content (Deprecated) has details of script is digested as expression is digest of expression has DJ agent has DJ collective agent has DJ corporate body has DJ family has DJ person has draftsman agent has draftsman collective agent has draftsman corporate body has draftsman family has draftsman person is dramatization of expression is dramatized as expression has dubbed version is dubbed version of has dubbing director agent has dubbing director collective agent has dubbing director corporate body has dubbing director family has dubbing director person has duration has editor (Deprecated) has editor agent of moving image work has editor agent has editor collective agent of moving image work has editor collective agent has editor corporate body of moving image work has editor corporate body has editor family of moving image work has editor family has editor person of moving image work has editor person has errata expression is errata to expression is expression evaluated by is expanded as expression is expanded version of expression is expression analysed in has extent of expression has finding aid expression (Deprecated) is finding aid for expression (Deprecated) has format of notated music has form of musical notation has form of notated movement has form of notation has form of tactile notation is freely translated as expression is free translation of expression is graphic novelization of expression has guide expression is guide to expression has horizontal scale of cartographic content has host agent has host collective agent has host corporate body has host family has host person has identifier for expression has illustrations expression is illustrations for expression has illustrative content (Deprecated) has illustrator (Deprecated) is imitated as expression is imitation of expression has incidental music expression is incidental music for expression is indexed in expression (Deprecated) has index expression (Deprecated) is indexing for expression (Deprecated) is index to expression (Deprecated) has instructor agent has instructor collective agent has instructor corporate body has instructor family has instructor person has instrumental conductor agent has instrumental conductor collective agent has instrumental conductor corporate body has instrumental conductor family has instrumental conductor person has instrumentalist agent has instrumentalist collective agent has instrumentalist corporate body has instrumentalist family has instrumentalist person has intended audience of expression has interactivity mode has interviewee agent of expression has interviewee collective agent of expression has interviewee corporate body of expression has interviewee family of expression has interviewee person of expression has interviewer agent of expression has interviewer collective agent of expression has interviewer corporate body of expression has interviewer family of expression has interviewer person of expression has key of expression has language of content (Deprecated) has language of expression has letterer agent has letterer collective agent has letterer corporate body has letterer family has letterer person is libretto based on expression has libretto expression is libretto for expression has lighting designer agent has lighting designer collective agent has lighting designer corporate body has lighting designer family has lighting designer person has makeup artist agent has makeup artist collective agent has makeup artist corporate body has makeup artist family has makeup artist person has manifestation of expression has medium of performance of choreographic content has medium of performance of musical content is merged to form expression is merger of expression has minute taker agent has minute taker collective agent has minute taker corporate body has minute taker family has minute taker person has mixing engineer agent has mixing engineer collective agent has mixing engineer corporate body has mixing engineer family has mixing engineer person has moderator agent has moderator collective agent has moderator corporate body has moderator family has moderator person is modified by variation as expression is motion picture adaptation of expression has motion picture music expression is motion picture screenplay based on expression has motion picture screenplay expression has musical director agent has musical director collective agent has musical director corporate body has musical director family has musical director person is musical setting of expression is musical theatre adaptation of expression has music expression is music for expression is music for motion picture expression is music for radio program expression is music for television program expression is music for video expression has music programmer agent has music programmer collective agent has music programmer corporate body has music programmer family has music programmer person has narrator agent has narrator collective agent has narrator corporate body has narrator family has narrator person has note on capture has note on changes in content characteristics has note on expression is novelization of expression has onscreen participant agent has onscreen participant collective agent has onscreen participant corporate body has onscreen participant family has onscreen participant person has onscreen presenter agent has onscreen presenter collective agent has onscreen presenter corporate body has onscreen presenter family has onscreen presenter person is opera adaptation of expression is oratorio adaptation of expression has other distinguishing characteristic of expression (Deprecated) has panelist agent has panelist collective agent has panelist corporate body has panelist family has panelist person is paraphrased as expression is paraphrase of expression is parodied as expression is parody of expression has part expression is part of expression has performer agent has performer collective agent has performer corporate body has performer family has performer person has photographer of expression (Deprecated) has place of capture is preceded by expression has preferred title of expression has prequel expression has presenter agent has presenter collective agent has presenter corporate body has presenter family has presenter person has prime meridian has production designer agent has production designer collective agent has production designer corporate body has production designer family has production designer person has projection of cartographic content has puppeteer agent has puppeteer collective agent has puppeteer corporate body has puppeteer family has puppeteer person is radio adaptation of expression has radio program music expression is radio script based on expression has radio script expression has recording engineer agent has recording engineer collective agent has recording engineer corporate body has recording engineer family has recording engineer person has recordist agent has recordist collective agent has recordist corporate body has recordist family has recordist person has related agent of expression has related collective agent of expression has related corporate body of expression has related expression of expression has related family of expression has related item of expression has related manifestation of expression has related nomen of expression has related person of expression has related place of expression has related RDA entity of expression has related timespan of expression has related work of expression has relief representation is remade as expression is remake of expression is replaced by expression is replaced in part by expression is replacement in part of expression is replacement of expression is representative expression of has restorationist agent of expression has restorationist collective agent of expression has restorationist corporate body of expression has restorationist family of expression has restorationist person of expression is expression reviewed by is revised as has reviser agent has reviser collective agent has reviser corporate body has reviser family has reviser person is revision of has scale has scale designation has scale of still image or three-dimensional form is screenplay based on expression has screenplay expression is screenplay for expression is screenplay for motion picture expression is screenplay for television program expression is screenplay for video expression has script is script for radio program expression is separated from expression is separated into expression has sequel expression has sequential expression relationship (Deprecated) is set to music as expression has singer agent has singer collective agent has singer corporate body has singer family has singer person has software developer agent has software developer collective agent has software developer corporate body has software developer family has software developer person has sound content (Deprecated) has sound designer agent has sound designer collective agent has sound designer corporate body has sound designer family has sound designer person has speaker agent has speaker collective agent has speaker corporate body has speaker family has speaker person has special effects provider agent has special effects provider collective agent has special effects provider corporate body has special effects provider family has special effects provider person is split from expression is split into expression has stage director agent has stage director collective agent has stage director corporate body has stage director family has stage director person has storyteller agent has storyteller collective agent has storyteller corporate body has storyteller family has storyteller person is subject expression of is succeeded by expression has summarization of content is summarized as expression (Deprecated) is summary of expression (Deprecated) has supplementary content (Deprecated) has supplement expression is supplement to expression has surveyor (Deprecated) is television adaptation of expression has television program music expression is television screenplay based on expression has television screenplay expression has title of expression has transcriber agent has transcriber collective agent has transcriber corporate body has transcriber family has transcriber person is translated as is translation of has translator agent has translator collective agent has translator corporate body has translator family has translator person has variant access point for expression has variant title of expression is variations based on expression is verse adaptation of expression has vertical scale of cartographic content is video adaptation of expression has video music expression is video screenplay based on expression has video screenplay expression has visual effects provider agent has visual effects provider collective agent has visual effects provider corporate body has visual effects provider family has visual effects provider person has voice actor agent has voice actor collective agent has voice actor corporate body has voice actor family has voice actor person has whole-part expression relationship (Deprecated) has work expressed has writer of added commentary (Deprecated) has writer of added lyrics (Deprecated) has writer of added text (Deprecated) has writer of afterword (Deprecated) has writer of foreword (Deprecated) has writer of introduction (Deprecated) has writer of postface (Deprecated) has writer of preface (Deprecated) has writer of supplementary textual content (Deprecated) Published Deprecated has colour has related entity of expression ekspressioon liittyvä entiteetti has source expression lähde-ekspressio has derivative expression johdannaisekspressio is expression described with metadata by ekspressiota metatiedoilla kuvaileva teos has concordance work konkordanssihakemisto (teos) has contributor to aggregated content (Deprecated)