Traditionally, records for people whose names are known in art cataloging, and to whom works are ascribed, but who may be fictitious. For characters who are the subjects or other actors in works, rather than in the creation of works, record the person as fictitious in the Getty Iconography Authority rather than in ULAN. In art cataloging, creator characters who have names that resemble personal names or that are descriptive phrases or nicknames. In library cataloging, fictitious characters were established in LCSH because fictitious characters could not be used as descriptive access points under AACR2. However, RDA permits names of individual fictitious characters to be used as descriptive access points when the character is credited with the creation of a work.
