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3.1 Attributes of a Variant

3.1.1 Variant Type1

Identify and describe the kind of change from a Work that gives rise to any instance(s) of a Variant. Selection should be made from a controlled list of values, for example:

  • Censored
  • Dubbed
  • Subtitled
  • Abridged/Condensed (e.g. for television)
  • Augmented (where additional content is added, such as director’s cuts with restored scenes, or alternate endings, commentaries)
  • Preservation/Restoration
  • Different sound track
  • Sonorized
  • Colourized
  • Black and white copy of work originally issued in colour

A change in colour, which is a physical property, expresses a different Manifestation according to the data model this manual follows. However, it is recognised that in practice, institutions who employ the Variant entity may consider changes to colour to provoke the creation of a Variant because the colourisation of a black and white Work represents a fundamental change to the visual aspects of the original Work.

  1. YCR, 2.1.1 Nature of modification (change in content) of expression ↩