These terms should preferrably be in the AAT, except where the AAT is too Western Art centric. The name of a person or corporate entity responsible for the design or creation of the object. Where an individual artist is unknown, this field should contain a designation by school and period or the name of the culture group responsible for the creation of the work. The name should represent the attribution currently accepted by the holding institution. Birth and death dates, if known, should go in this field, after the name.
Corporate names are the full legal name.
The person's nationality should preferrably be expressed as the adjectival form of an existing nation or historic geographic entity. The name of the current owner of the object. The full name of the owner is preferred. The full name of the current repository of the object. The full name of the current repository of the object is preferred.