UNIMARC concise authorities format

August, 1997

200 HEADING - PERSONAL NAME (Repeatable for alternative script forms)
Indicator 1: blank
Indicator 2: Way the name is entered:
0 Name entered under forename or direct order
1 Name entered under surname
Subfield codes:
$a Entry element (Not Repeatable)
$b Part of name other than entry element (Not Repeatable)
$c Additions to names other than dates (Repeatable)
$d Roman numerals (Not Repeatable)
$f Dates (Not Repeatable)
$g Expansion of initials of forename (Not Repeatable)
$4 Relator code (Repeatable)
$x Topical subdivision (Repeatable)
$y Geographical subdivision (Repeatable)
$z Chronological subdivision (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

210 HEADING - CORPORATE BODY NAME (Repeatable for alternative script forms)

Indicator 1: Kind of corporate body:
0 - Corporate name
1 - Meeting
Indicator 2: Way the names are entered:
0 - Name in inverted form
1 - Name entered under place or jurisdiction
2 - Name entered under name in direct order
Subfield codes:
$a Entry element (Not Repeatable)
$b Subdivision (Repeatable)
$c Addition to name or qualifier (Repeatable)
$d Number of meeting and/or number of part of meeting (Repeatable)
$e Location of meeting (Not Repeatable)
$f Date of meeting (Not Repeatable)
$g Inverted element (Not Repeatable)
$h Part of name other than entry element and inverted element (Repeatable)
$4 Relator code (Repeatable)
$x Topical subdivision (Repeatable)
$y Geographical subdivision (Repeatable)
$z Chronological subdivision (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

215 HEADING - TERRITORIAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL NAME (Repeatable for alternative script forms)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Entry element (Not Repeatable)
$x Topical subdivision (Repeatable)
$y Geographical subdivision (Repeatable)
$z Chronological subdivision (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

220 HEADING - FAMILY NAME (Repeatable for alternative script forms)

Indicators : blank
Subfield codes
$a Entry element (Not Repeatable)
$f Dates (Not Repeatable)
$4 Relator code (Repeatable)
$x Topical subdivision (Repeatable)
$y Geographical subdivision (Repeatable)
$z Chronological subdivision (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

230 HEADING - UNIFORM TITLE (Repeatable for alternative script forms)

Indicators : blank
Subfield codes
$a Entry element (Not Repeatable)
$b General material designation (Repeatable)
$h Number of section or part (Repeatable)
$i Name of section or part (Repeatable)
$k Date of publication (Not Repeatable)
$1 Form subheading (Not Repeatable)
$m Language (when part of a heading) (Not Repeatable)
$n Miscellaneous information (Repeatable)
$q Version (or date of version) (Not Repeatable)
$r Medium of performance (for music) (Repeatable)
$s Numeric designation (for music) (Repeatable)
$u Key (for music) (Not Repeatable)
$w Arranged statement (for music) (Not Repeatable)
$x Topical subdivision (Repeatable)
$y Geographical subdivision (Repeatable)
$z Chronological subdivision (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

235 HEADING - COLLECTIVE UNIFORM TITLE (Repeatable for alternative script forms)

This field is used only in a 245 HEADING - NAME/COLLECTIVE UNIFORM TITLE field.

Indicator 1: type of collective title:
0 Complete collected works
1 Selected works, i.e., a collection of individual items by an author, but not the entirety of his work.
2 Selections, i.e., parts of the works of an author, including extracts from works.
Indicator 2: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Collective uniform title (Not Repeatable)
$b General material designator (Repeatable)
$e Collective uniform subtitle (Not Repeatable)
$k Date of publication (Not Repeatable)
$m Language (when part of heading) (Not Repeatable)
$r Medium of performance (for music) (Repeatable)
$s Numeric designation (for music) (Repeatable)
$u Key (for music) (Not Repeatable)
$w Arranged statement (for music) (Not Repeatable)
$x Topical subdivision (Repeatable)
$y Geographical subdivision (Repeatable)
$z Chronological subdivision (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

240 HEADING - NAME/TITLE(Repeatable for alternative script forms)

Each element is coded according to the 2-- field appropriate to the element. The tag, indicators, and data subfields for the name and title are embedded in a field 240, with each preceded by subfield identifier $1. Subject subdivisions are carried in the embedded title field.

When control subfields are needed, they should precede the first $1 subfields containing embedded data. (Control subfields defined for the 200, 210, 215, 220, or 230 fields are not embedded in a $1 subfield.)

Indicators : blank
Subfield codes
$1 Embedded field (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

245 HEADING - NAME/COLLECTIVE UNIFORM TITLE (Repeatable for alternative script forms)

Each element is coded according to the 2-- field appropriate to the element: The tag, indicators, and data for the name and title of these are embedded in a field 245, with each preceded by subfield identifier $1. Subject subdivisions are carried in the embedded collective title field.

When control subfields may be needed, they should precede the first $1 subfields containing embedded data. (Control subfields defined for the 200, 210, 215, 220 or 235 fields are not embedded in a $1 subfield.)

Indicators : blank
Subfield codes
$1 Embedded field (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

250 HEADING - TOPICAL SUBJECT (Repeatable for alternative script forms)

Indicators : blank
Subfield codes:
$a Topical subject (Not Repeatable)
$x Topical subdivision (Repeatable)
$y Geographical subdivision (Repeatable)
$z Chronological subdivision (Repeatable)
$0 Instruction phrase (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$2 Subject system code (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$3 Record number (4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$5 Tracing control (4--, 5--) (Not Repeatable)
$6 Interfield linking data (4--, 5--) (Repeatable)
$7 Script (2--, 4--, 5--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)
$8 Language of cataloguing (4--, 7--) (Not Repeatable)

3-- INFORMATION NOTE BLOCK

Only the following control subfields may be used in the 3-- fields:

$6 Interfield Linking Data
$7 Script.

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