This document provides instructions for completing worksheets to describe resources using RDA elements and attributes. It lists the elements and attributes that should be recorded for five sample resources, including elements for identifying manifestations and items, describing carriers, identifying works and expressions, describing content, and listing related persons, families, corporate bodies and related resources. Attributes are identified as being at the work (W), expression (E), manifestation (M), or item (I) level. Transcribed elements are marked with (T).

1. Attributes and relationships: worksheets
For Resources #1-#5, give the attribute or the entity involved in a relationship on the appropriate line (no MARC coding). First give those
found on the resource; then give those you can intuit based on information from the resource (include * after these attributes). “(T)” = a
transcribed element.
Resource #1:
A. IDENTIFYING MANIFESTATIONS AND ITEMS
Title proper (T) 2.3.2 M
Parallel title proper (T) 2.3.3 M
Other title information (T) 2.3.4 M
Variant title (T) 2.3.6 M
Later title proper (T) [i.e., minor title change] 2.3.8 M
Statement of responsibility relating to title proper (T) 2.4.2 M
Designation of edition (T) 2.5.2 M
Numeric and/or Alphabetic Designation of First Issue 2.6.2 M
or Part of Sequence
Chronological Designation of First Issue … 2.6.3 M
Place of publication (T) 2.8.2 M
Publisher’s name (T) 2.8.4 M
Date of publication 2.8.6 M
Copyright date 2.11 M
Title proper of series (T) 2.12.2 M
ISSN of series 2.12.8 M
Numbering within series (T) 2.12.9 M
Mode of issuance 2.13 M
Frequency 2.14 M
Identifier for the manifestation 2.15 M
Note on title 2.20.2 M
Note on issue, part, or iteration used as the basis for 2.20.13 M
identification of the resource (includes latest issue
consulted)
B. DESCRIBING CARRIERS
Media type 3.2 M
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2. Carrier type 3.3 M
Extent 3.4 M
C. IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS
Preferred title for the work 6.2.2 W
Content type 6.9 E
Language of expression 6.11 E
D. DESCRIBING CONTENT
Illustrative content 7.15 E
Supplementary content 7.16 E
E. PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH A RESOURCE (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Creator 19.2 W
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 19.3 W
with a work
Contributor 20.2 E
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 21 M
with a manifestation
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 22 I
with an item
F. RELATED RESOURCES (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Related work 25.1 W
Related expression 26.1 E
Related manifestation 27.1 M
Resource #2:
A. IDENTIFYING MANIFESTATIONS AND ITEMS
Title proper (T) 2.3.2 M
Parallel title proper (T) 2.3.3 M
Other title information (T) 2.3.4 M
Variant title (T) 2.3.6 M
Later title proper (T) [i.e., minor title change] 2.3.8 M
Statement of responsibility relating to title proper (T) 2.4.2 M
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3. Designation of edition (T) 2.5.2 M
Numeric and/or Alphabetic Designation of First Issue 2.6.2 M
or Part of Sequence
Chronological Designation of First Issue … 2.6.3 M
Place of publication (T) 2.8.2 M
Publisher’s name (T) 2.8.4 M
Date of publication 2.8.6 M
Copyright date 2.11 M
Title proper of series (T) 2.12.2 M
ISSN of series 2.12.8 M
Numbering within series (T) 2.12.9 M
Mode of issuance 2.13 M
Frequency 2.14 M
Identifier for the manifestation 2.15 M
Note on title 2.20.2 M
Note on issue, part, or iteration used as the basis for 2.20.13 M
identification of the resource (includes latest issue
consulted)
B. DESCRIBING CARRIERS
Media type 3.2 M
Carrier type 3.3 M
Extent 3.4 M
C. IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS
Preferred title for the work 6.2.2 W
Content type 6.9 E
Language of expression 6.11 E
D. DESCRIBING CONTENT
Illustrative content 7.15 E
Supplementary content 7.16 E
E. PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH A RESOURCE (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Creator 19.2 W
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 19.3 W
with a work
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4. Contributor 20.2 E
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 21 M
with a manifestation
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 22 I
with an item
F. RELATED RESOURCES (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Related work 25.1 W
Related expression 26.1 E
Related manifestation 27.1 M
Resource #3:
A. IDENTIFYING MANIFESTATIONS AND ITEMS
Title proper (T) 2.3.2 M
Parallel title proper (T) 2.3.3 M
Other title information (T) 2.3.4 M
Variant title (T) 2.3.6 M
Later title proper (T) [i.e., minor title change] 2.3.8 M
Statement of responsibility relating to title proper (T) 2.4.2 M
Designation of edition (T) 2.5.2 M
Numeric and/or Alphabetic Designation of First Issue 2.6.2 M
or Part of Sequence
Chronological Designation of First Issue … 2.6.3 M
Place of publication (T) 2.8.2 M
Publisher’s name (T) 2.8.4 M
Date of publication 2.8.6 M
Copyright date 2.11 M
Title proper of series (T) 2.12.2 M
ISSN of series 2.12.8 M
Numbering within series (T) 2.12.9 M
Mode of issuance 2.13 M
Frequency 2.14 M
Identifier for the manifestation 2.15 M
Note on title 2.20.2 M
Note on issue, part, or iteration used as the basis for 2.20.13 M
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5. identification of the resource (includes latest issue
consulted)
B. DESCRIBING CARRIERS
Media type 3.2 M
Carrier type 3.3 M
Extent 3.4 M
C. IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS
Preferred title for the work 6.2.2 W
Content type 6.9 E
Language of expression 6.11 E
D. DESCRIBING CONTENT
Illustrative content 7.15 E
Supplementary content 7.16 E
E. PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH A RESOURCE (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Creator 19.2 W
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 19.3 W
with a work
Contributor 20.2 E
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 21 M
with a manifestation
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 22 I
with an item
F. RELATED RESOURCES (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Related work 25.1 W
Related expression 26.1 E
Related manifestation 27.1 M
Resource #4:
A. IDENTIFYING MANIFESTATIONS AND ITEMS
Title proper (T) 2.3.2 M
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6. Parallel title proper (T) 2.3.3 M
Other title information (T) 2.3.4 M
Variant title (T) 2.3.6 M
Later title proper (T) [i.e., minor title change] 2.3.8 M
Statement of responsibility relating to title proper (T) 2.4.2 M
Designation of edition (T) 2.5.2 M
Numeric and/or Alphabetic Designation of First Issue 2.6.2 M
or Part of Sequence
Chronological Designation of First Issue … 2.6.3 M
Place of publication (T) 2.8.2 M
Publisher’s name (T) 2.8.4 M
Date of publication 2.8.6 M
Copyright date 2.11 M
Title proper of series (T) 2.12.2 M
ISSN of series 2.12.8 M
Numbering within series (T) 2.12.9 M
Mode of issuance 2.13 M
Frequency 2.14 M
Identifier for the manifestation 2.15 M
Note on title 2.20.2 M
Note on issue, part, or iteration used as the basis for 2.20.13 M
identification of the resource (includes latest issue
consulted)
B. DESCRIBING CARRIERS
Media type 3.2 M
Carrier type 3.3 M
Extent 3.4 M
C. IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS
Preferred title for the work 6.2.2 W
Content type 6.9 E
Language of expression 6.11 E
D. DESCRIBING CONTENT
Illustrative content 7.15 E
Supplementary content 7.16 E
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7. E. PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH A RESOURCE (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Creator 19.2 W
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 19.3 W
with a work
Contributor 20.2 E
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 21 M
with a manifestation
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 22 I
with an item
F. RELATED RESOURCES (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Related work 25.1 W
Related expression 26.1 E
Related manifestation 27.1 M
Resource #5:
A. IDENTIFYING MANIFESTATIONS AND ITEMS
Title proper (T) 2.3.2 M
Parallel title proper (T) 2.3.3 M
Other title information (T) 2.3.4 M
Variant title (T) 2.3.6 M
Later title proper (T) [i.e., minor title change] 2.3.8 M
Statement of responsibility relating to title proper (T) 2.4.2 M
Designation of edition (T) 2.5.2 M
Numeric and/or Alphabetic Designation of First Issue 2.6.2 M
or Part of Sequence
Chronological Designation of First Issue … 2.6.3 M
Place of publication (T) 2.8.2 M
Publisher’s name (T) 2.8.4 M
Date of publication 2.8.6 M
Copyright date 2.11 M
Title proper of series (T) 2.12.2 M
ISSN of series 2.12.8 M
Numbering within series (T) 2.12.9 M
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8. Mode of issuance 2.13 M
Frequency 2.14 M
Identifier for the manifestation 2.15 M
Note on title 2.20.2 M
Note on issue, part, or iteration used as the basis for 2.20.13 M
identification of the resource (includes latest issue
consulted)
B. DESCRIBING CARRIERS
Media type 3.2 M
Carrier type 3.3 M
Extent 3.4 M
C. IDENTIFYING WORKS AND EXPRESSIONS
Preferred title for the work 6.2.2 W
Content type 6.9 E
Language of expression 6.11 E
D. DESCRIBING CONTENT
Illustrative content 7.15 E
Supplementary content 7.16 E
E. PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH A RESOURCE (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Creator 19.2 W
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 19.3 W
with a work
Contributor 20.2 E
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 21 M
with a manifestation
Other person, family, or corporate body associated 22 I
with an item
F. RELATED RESOURCES (include relationship designator as appropriate)
Related work 25.1 W
Related expression 26.1 E
Related manifestation 27.1 M
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