Term Sequence: D (Relator Codes)
Dancer [dnc] Authorities & Vocabularies
A performer who dances in a musical, dramatic, etc., presentation.
RDA Collections: Collection, Expression, Contributor
Data contributor [dtc] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person or organization that submits data for inclusion in a database or other collection of data.
Data manager [dtm] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person or organization responsible for managing databases or other data sources.
Dedicatee [dte] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person, family, or organization to whom the resource is dedicated.
UF Dedicatee of item
RDA Collections: Collection, Work, Item, Other
Dedicatee of item
USE Dedicatee
Dedicator [dto] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person who writes a dedication, which may be a formal statement or in epistolary or verse form.
RDA Collections: Collection, Work, Other
Defendant [dfd] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person or organization who is accused in a criminal proceeding or sued in a civil proceeding.
RDA Collections: Collection, Work, Other
Defendant-appellant [dft] Authorities & Vocabularies
A defendant who takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to another to reverse the judgment, usually in a legal action.
Defendant-appellee [dfe] Authorities & Vocabularies
A defendant against whom an appeal is taken from one court or jurisdiction to another to reverse the judgment, usually in a legal action.
A person who is part of a committee that considers the merit of a thesis, dissertation, or other submission by an academic degree candidate.
Degree granting institution [dgg] Authorities & Vocabularies
An organization granting an academic degree.
UF Degree grantor
RDA Collections: Collection, Work, Other
Degree grantor
USE Degree granting institution
Degree supervisor [dgs] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person overseeing a higher level academic degree.
RDA Collections: Collection, Work, Other
Delineator [dln] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person or organization executing technical drawings from others' designs.
Depicted [dpc] Authorities & Vocabularies
An entity depicted or portrayed in a work, particularly in a work of art.
Deponent
USE Witness
Depositor [dpt] Authorities & Vocabularies
A current owner of an item who deposited the item into the custody of another person, family, or organization, while still retaining ownership.
RDA Collections: Collection, Item, Owner
Designer [dsr] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person, family, or organization responsible for creating a design for an object.
RDA Collections: Collection, Work, Creator
Designer of binding
USE Binding designer
Designer of book
USE Book designer
Designer of bookjacket
Designer of bookplate
Designer of cover
USE Cover designer
Designer of e-book
USE Book designer
Designer of type
USE Type designer
Director [drt] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person responsible for the general management and supervision of a filmed performance, a radio or television program, etc.
RDA Collections: Collection, Work, Other
Director of photography
USE Cinematographer
Dissertant [dis] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person who presents a thesis for a university or higher-level educational degree.
Distribution place [dbp] Authorities & Vocabularies
A place from which a resource, e.g., a serial, is distributed.
Distributor [dst] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person or organization that has exclusive or shared marketing rights for a resource.
RDA Collections: Collection, Manifestation
Donor [dnr] Authorities & Vocabularies
A former owner of an item who donated that item to another owner.
RDA Collections: Collection, Item, Owner
Draftsman [drm] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by an architect, inventor, etc., by making detailed plans or drawings for buildings, ships, aircraft, machines, objects, etc.
UF Technical draftsman
RDA Collections: Collection, Expression, Contributor
Dubious author [dub] Authorities & Vocabularies
A person or organization to which authorship has been dubiously or incorrectly ascribed.
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