Corporate body An organization or group of persons that is identified by a particular name and that acts, or may act, as an entity. Typical examples of corporate bodies are associations, institutions, business firms, nonprofit enterprises, governments, government agencies, religious bodies, local churches, and conferences. A title printed on the cover of an item as issued. Delimiter A special character used in conjunction with a subfield code to introduce each subfield in a variable field where each element, or unit of data, is not necessarily limited to a prescribed size, content, and position in the record. Edition Books, pamphlets, fascicles, single sheets, etc.
Intellectual content is unique and unchanged to the work.
Significant variation of the content requires a new edition statement. Editor One who prepares for publication for an item not his or her own. In some cases, it may involve the technical direction of a staff or person engaged in creation or compiling the content of the item. See also Compiler. Element A word, phrase, or group of characters representing a distinct unit of bibliographic information and forming part of an area of the description.