Manifestation is the physical embodiment of an expression of a work.
It can refer to:
an individual manifestation
part of a manifestation
a published manifestation
an unpublished manifestation
This is typically a code, number, or other string that is used to identify a manifestation.Â
This typically includes:
an international standard book number (ISBN)
a uniform resource locator (URL)
an international standard serial number (ISSN)
The title of a manifestation that is selected for preference in a specific application or context.
This can include:
the title of the manifestation (ex. book title, film title)
an alternative title
The title proper in another language or script.
This typically includes:
the title of a manifestion in another language
an original title that is presented as equivalent to the title proper
A word, character, or group of words or characters that appears in conjunction with, and is subordinate to, a title proper of a manifestation. ]
This typically includes:
a subtitle
the remainder of title
A statement of responsibility that is associated with a title proper.
This typically includes:
the author (written by)
the illustrator (illustrated by)
the director (directed by)
the producer (produced by)
A word, character, or group of words or characters, that identifies an edition to which a manifestation belongs.
The typically includes:
an edition
an issue
a release
A place that is associated with the publication, release, or issuing of a published manifestation.
This can include:
the city and state of publication
the city and country of publication
The name of the company who is responsible for publishing a manifestation.
The can include:
the name of the company publishing the material
A timespan during which a published manifestation is published, released, or issued.
This can include:
the copyright date of an item
A number and type of unit or subunit of a manifestation.
This can include:
the total number of pages
runtime
playtime
performance time
An indication of the kinds of expression of image content that supplement the main expressions.
This can include:
illustrations
photographs
maps
A measurement of a carrier or a container of a manifestation.
This can include:
height
width
depth
length
gauge
diameter
A categorization that reflects the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, or otherwise access the content of a manifestation.
Some examples of media type include:
unmediated
audio
projected
video
computer
A categorization reflecting the format of the storage medium and housing of a carrier in combination with the type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, or otherwise access the content of a manifestation.
Some examples of carrier type can include:
audio disc
volume
filmstrip
audiocassette
computer disc cartridge
online resource
This is a title that identifies a series to which a manifestation belongs.
This can include:
the title of a series
This is a designation that is assigned to a manifestation to identify its position in a sequence of individual parts of a larger manifestation or parts or issues of a larger work.
This can include:
a number within a series
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) includes all manifestation identifiers intended to provide online access to a manifestation using a standard Internet browser.