UNIMARC concise authorities format

August, 1997

001 RECORD IDENTIFIER (Not repeatable)

Field has no indicators.
Field has no subfield identifiers.

005 VERSION IDENTIFIER (Not repeatable)

This field consists of 16 characters indicating the date and time of the latest record transaction.

Field has no indicators.
Field has no subfield identifiers.

015 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD AUTHORITY DATA NUMBER

Reserved for the ISADN.

1-- CODED INFORMATION BLOCK

100 GENERAL PROCESSING DATA (Mandatory, Not repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield code:
$a General processing data (Not Repeatable)

Date Entered on File (Mandatory) (character positions 0-7)

Status of Authority Heading Code (character position 8)

a = Established (i.e., heading is established)
c = Provisional (i.e., heading cannot be established definitively due to inadequate information; when the heading is next used, it should be reconsidered in the light of any additional information)
x = Not applicable (i.e., the record is a reference entry record or a general explanatory entry record and, therefore, the 2-- record heading field contains a variant heading)

Language of Cataloguing (Mandatory) (character positions 9-11)

Transliteration Code (character position 12)
A one-character code indicates the transliteration system used for the 2-- heading in the record.

a = ISO transliteration scheme
b = other
c = multiple transliterations: ISO or other schemes
y = no transliteration scheme used

Character Set (Mandatory) (character positions 13-16)

01 = ISO 646, IRV version (basic Latin set)
02 = ISO Registration #37 (basic Cyrillic set)
03 = ISO 5426 (extended Latin set)
04 = ISO 5427 (extended Cyrillic set)
05 = ISO 5428 (Greek set)
06 = ISO 6438 (African coded character set)

Additional Character Set (character positions 17-20)

Script of Cataloguing (character position 21-22)
A two-character code indicates the script used in cataloguing. The 2-- record heading appears in this script, as do notes and other instructional information.

ba = Latin
ca = Cyrillic
da = Japanese script unspecified
db = Japanese kanji
dc = Japanese kana
ea = Chinese
fa = Arabic
ga = Greek
ha = Hebrew
ia = Thai
ja = Devanagari
ka = Korean
la = Tamil
zz = Other

150 CODED DATA FIELD FOR NAMES (Not repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield code:
$a Name processing data (Not Repeatable)

Type of Government Agency (character position 0)

a = federal/national
b = state/province
c = county/department
d = local (municipal, etc.)
e = multi-local (interstate compacts, etc., below the national level)
f = intergovernmental
g = government in exile or clandestine
h = level not determined
u = unknown
y = not a government organization
z = other government level

152 RULES (Not repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Cataloguing rules (Not Repeatable)
$b Subject system (Not Repeatable)

154 CODED DATA FIELD FOR UNIFORM TITLES (Not repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield code:
$a Title processing data (Not Repeatable)

Type of Series Code (character position 0)
A one-character code indicates the type of series when the heading is a uniform title of a series.

a = monographic series
b = multipart item (e.g., kit, score and parts, multivolume monograph)
c = series-like phrase (not to be considered a series)
z = other

160 GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE (Not repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield code:
$a Geographic area code (Repeatable)

CONTROL SUBFIELDS
The following subfields are used to carry additional information about a heading, tracing or note.

$0 Instruction phrase
$2 Subject system code
$3 Authority entry record number
$5 Tracing control
$6 Interfield linking data
$7 Script
$8 Language of cataloguing

These subfields are defined for all 2-- heading, 4-- and 5-- tracing, and 7-- linking heading fields although they are only used under specific circumstances, thus will never occur in some blocks. Several of these subfields may also appear in the 3-- Note fields. The introductory sections for each of these blocks indicates which of these subfields may appear in those blocks. When these subfields are used they precede all other subfields in the field.

$0 Instruction Phrase
$2 Subject System Code
$3 Record Number
$5 Tracing Control

Relationship Code (character position 0)
The following code values are defined:

a = earlier heading
b = later heading
d = acronym
e = pseudonym
f = real name
g = broader term
h = narrower term
z = other

Reference Suppression Code (character position 1)

0 = suppress reference
$6 Interfield Linking Data

Linking Explanation Code (character position 0)

a = alternate script
z = other

Linking Number (character positions 1-2)

Tag of Linked Field (character positions 3-5)

$7 Script
ba = Latin
ca = Cyrillic
da = Japanese -- script unspecified
db = Japanese -- kanji
dc = Japanese -- kana
ea = Chinese
fa = Arabic
ga = Greek
ha = Hebrew
ia = Thai
ja = Devanagari
ka = Korean
la = Tamil
zz = Other
$8 Language of Cataloguing

A three-character alphabetic code specifies the language of the catalogue into which the heading in the field is designed to fit.

2-- HEADING BLOCK (Mandatory)

Only the following control subfield may be used in the 2-- fields:

$7 Script

As reference is made from the 4--, 5--, and 7-blocks to this 2-- block, the rules for the use of control subfields in those blocks are placed here.

For example, under 200

$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

means that $3 may be used in the 400, 500 and 700 fields but not in the 200 field itself.

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