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Relationship Indicators (RDA)

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RDA Relationship terms to be coded $e after entries; precede and separate (if more than one) by commas; no coma after hyphen] period after relator.

abridger
actor
addressee
animator
annotator
appellant
appellee
architect
[arranger]
arranger of music [consider arranger]
art director
artist
author
autographer

binder
book designer [consider designer]
braile embosser
broadcaster

cartographer
caster
[cataloguer]
[chairperson]
cinematographer
choreographer
collection registrar [consider cataloguer]
collector
commentator
compiler
composer
conductor
contributor
costume designer
court governed
court reporter
creator
currator
current owner [consider owner]
custodian

dancer
dedicatee
dedicator
defendant
degree granting institution
depositor
designer
director
director of photography [Use cinematographyer]
distributor
donor
draftsman

editor
editor of moving image work [consider editor]
enacting jurisdiction
engraver
etcher

film director [consider director]
film distributor [consider distributor]
filmmaker
former owner [consider owner]

honouree
host
host institution

illumninator
illustrator
inscriber
instrumentalist
interviewee
interviewer
inventor
issuing body

judge
jurisdiction governed

landscape architect
librettist
lithographer
lyricist

manufacturer
moderator
musical director

narrator

on-screen presenter [consider presenter]
owner
organizer

panelist
performer
photographer
plaintiff
praeses [consider moderator, cf. thesis adviser]
presenter
printer
printmaker
producer]
production company
production designer [consider designer]
programmer
publisher
puppeteer

radio director [consider director]
radio producer [consider producer]
[reader see narrator]
recording engineer
respondent
[researcher]
restorationist
[reviewer]

screenwriter
sculptor
seller
[setting]
singer
speaker
sponsor
sponsoring body
stage director [consider director]
storyteller
[supervisor]
surveyor

teacher
television directory [consider director]
television producer [consider producer]
[thesis adviser]
transcriber
translator

[writer]
writer of added commentary [consider writer]
writer of added lyrics [consider lyricist]
writer of afterword [consider writer]