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General Information UNIMARC Manual 2008 UNIMARC Bibliographic, 3rd edition 204 RECORD LABEL AND DATA FIELDS – GENERAL INFORMATION 4.1 Repetition of Fields and Subfields Fields and subfields within a record may be repeated in line with the instructions given under Occurrence in each data field description and under the definitions of the subfields. Fields embedded in 4-- linking entry fields have the same repeatability within that field as they have within a record. At every field a decision has been made as to whether data which recurs should be repeated by means of a repetition of the whole field or a repetition of the subfield within a non-repeatable field. This must be followed to ensure consistency of the use of UNIMARC between users. The designation of fields as mandatory has been kept to a minimum, since in many instances whether fields can actually be present in a UNIMARC record depends on the practices of the agency that prepared the source record. 4.2 Order of Fields There is no specified order required for fields in a record. The order of their respective directory entries which is specified is not necessarily the physical order of the fields. 4.3 Order of Subfields There is no specified order implied in the values of the subfield identifiers. In certain instances recommendations are made concerning the position of particular subfields. In the ISBD fields, the data is transcribed in the order specified in ISBD and this determines the ordering of the subfields. Numeric subfields have specific values throughout the format as follows: $0 Bibliographic Record Identifier See 4—block $1 Linking data See 4—block and 604 $2 Fingerprint System Code 012 $2 Source 1—block $2 System Code 0-- block; 5--, block, 6-- block; 801; 856 $2 Link text 886 $3 Authority Record Number 6-- block, 7-- block, 500 $4 Relator Code 7-- block, $5 Institution or copy identification 2-- block, 3-- block, 5--block to which field applies $6 Interfield Linking Data (see section 3) $7 Alphabet/Script of field (see section 3) $8 Reserved for Materials Specified 3-- block; 852 $9 Local use Numeric subfields precede or follow the part to which they refer according to the following rules. Subfields $0, $6, $7 precede all other subfields and $2, $4, $5 follow all other subfields. Each set preceding or following is in ascending numerical order.

General Information UNIMARC Manual 2008 UNIMARC Bibliographic, 3rd edition 204 RECORD LABEL AND DATA FIELDS – GENERAL INFORMATION 4.1 Repetition of Fields and Subfields Fields and subfields within a record may be repeated in line with the instructions given under Occurrence in each data field description and under the definitions of the subfields. Fields embedded in 4-- linking entry fields have the same repeatability within that field as they have within a record. At every field a decision has been made as to whether data which recurs should be repeated by means of a repetition of the whole field or a repetition of the subfield within a non-repeatable field. This must be followed to ensure consistency of the use of UNIMARC between users. The designation of fields as mandatory has been kept to a minimum, since in many instances whether fields can actually be present in a UNIMARC record depends on the practices of the agency that prepared the source record. 4.2 Order of Fields There is no specified order required for fields in a record. The order of their respective directory entries which is specified is not necessarily the physical order of the fields. 4.3 Order of Subfields There is no specified order implied in the values of the subfield identifiers. In certain instances recommendations are made concerning the position of particular subfields. In the ISBD fields, the data is transcribed in the order specified in ISBD and this determines the ordering of the subfields. Numeric subfields have specific values throughout the format as follows: $0 Bibliographic Record Identifier See 4—block $1 Linking data See 4—block and 604 $2 Fingerprint System Code 012 $2 Source 1—block $2 System Code 0-- block; 5--, block, 6-- block; 801; 856 $2 Link text 886 $3 Authority Record Number 6-- block, 7-- block, 500 $4 Relator Code 7-- block, $5 Institution or copy identification 2-- block, 3-- block, 5--block to which field applies $6 Interfield Linking Data (see section 3) $7 Alphabet/Script of field (see section 3) $8 Reserved for Materials Specified 3-- block; 852 $9 Local use Numeric subfields precede or follow the part to which they refer according to the following rules. Subfields $0, $6, $7 precede all other subfields and $2, $4, $5 follow all other subfields. Each set preceding or following is in ascending numerical order.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. 1. INTRODUCTION 7
  4. 2. ORGANIZATION OF THE MANUAL 10
  5. 3. FORMAT STRUCTURE 12
  6. 4. RECORD LABEL AND DATA FIELDS – GENERAL INFORMATION 20
  7. APPENDIX A: LANGUAGE CODES 589
  8. APPENDIX B: COUNTRY CODES 597
  9. APPENDIX C: RELATOR CODES 600
  10. APPENDIX D: GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODES 613
  11. APPENDIX E: TIME PERIOD CODE 709
  12. APPENDIX F: CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS CODES 712
  13. APPENDIX G: SUBJECT SYSTEMS CODES 713
  14. APPENDIX H: CATALOGUING RULES AND FORMATS CODES 716
  15. APPENDIX I: TABLE OF VALUES 721
  16. APPENDIX J: CHARACTER SETS 729
  17. APPENDIX K: DOCUMENTATION TO ACCOMPANY EXCHANGE RECORDS 738
  18. APPENDIX L: COMPLETE EXAMPLES 740
  19. APPENDIX M: BIBLIOGRAPHY 755
  20. APPENDIX N: USEFUL ADDRESSES 758
  21. APPENDIX O: FORMAT CHANGES 759
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. 1. INTRODUCTION 7
  4. 2. ORGANIZATION OF THE MANUAL 10
  5. 3. FORMAT STRUCTURE 12
  6. 4. RECORD LABEL AND DATA FIELDS – GENERAL INFORMATION 20
  7. APPENDIX A: LANGUAGE CODES 589
  8. APPENDIX B: COUNTRY CODES 597
  9. APPENDIX C: RELATOR CODES 600
  10. APPENDIX D: GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODES 613
  11. APPENDIX E: TIME PERIOD CODE 709
  12. APPENDIX F: CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS CODES 712
  13. APPENDIX G: SUBJECT SYSTEMS CODES 713
  14. APPENDIX H: CATALOGUING RULES AND FORMATS CODES 716
  15. APPENDIX I: TABLE OF VALUES 721
  16. APPENDIX J: CHARACTER SETS 729
  17. APPENDIX K: DOCUMENTATION TO ACCOMPANY EXCHANGE RECORDS 738
  18. APPENDIX L: COMPLETE EXAMPLES 740
  19. APPENDIX M: BIBLIOGRAPHY 755
  20. APPENDIX N: USEFUL ADDRESSES 758
  21. APPENDIX O: FORMAT CHANGES 759
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