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Leader – authority format

Character Description Explanation CBS
MARC
tag
PICA+
tag
Comment Import, online cataloguing and MARC 21 export
      M000 002L    
00-04 Record length System generated $a $a Although this subfield is not used in CBS MARC 21 currently, it has been defined in the CBS MARC 21 format for completeness.
  • During import: the record length is not put in subfield $a. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the record length is not added.
  • During export: the record length is not generated. Instead, 5 blanks are generated.
05 Record status Variable;

a – Increase in encoding level

c – Corrected or revised

d – Deleted

n – New

o – Obsolete

s – Deleted; heading split into two or more headings

x – Deleted; heading replaced by another heading
$b $b  
  • During import:
    • The record status value is changed into (or remains) c - Corrected or revised -.
    • But when the record status is d - Deleted -, s - Deleted; heading split into two or more headings - or x - Deleted; heading replaced by another heading -, this value is kept.
  • During online cataloguing: the following record status values can be added or updated: a, c or n is (in theory) possible. Values d, s or x are not allowed.
  • During export:
    • When tag 0240/ 001E - Source and date of offline deletion of main/master level data - is present, value d - Deleted is generated.
    • When option record-status - value is new1, value n - New - is generated.
    • When option record-status value is corrected, value c - Corrected or revised -is generated.
    • When option record-status value is deleted, value d - Deleted - is generated.
    • In other cases, the record status is exported.
    • But when the value is missing, the following value is generated: c - Corrected or revised -.
06 Type of record Fixed value;

z - Authority data
$c $c Although these subfields are not used in CBS MARC 21 currently, they have been defined in the CBS MARC 21 format for completeness.
  • During import: the value z is not put in subfield $c. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value z is not added.
  • During export: the value z is generated.
07 Undefined character position Fixed value;

# - Undefined
$d $d
  • During import: the values are not imported in subfields $d and $e. Thus, they are ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the values are not added.
  • During export: blanks (“undefined”) are generated.
08 Undefined character position Fixed value;

# - Undefined
$e $e
09 Character coding scheme Variable;

# - MARC-8
a - UCS/Unicode
$f $f
  • During import: the value is not imported in subfield $f. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value cannot be added.
  • During export: the value a - UCS/Unicode - is exported.

NB Only Unicode/UTF8 is used in CBS.

10 Indicator count Fixed value;

2 - Number of character positions used for indicators
$g $g
  • During import: the value is not put in subfield $g. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value is not added.
  • During export: value 2 is generated.
11 Subfield code length Fixed value;

2 - Number of character positions used for a subfield code
$h $h
  • During import: the value is not put in subfield $h. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value is not added.
  • During export: value 2 is generated.
12-16 Base address of data System generated;

[number] - Length of Leader and Directory
$i $i
  • During import: the value is not put in subfield $i. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value is not added.
  • During export: the value is not generated. Instead, 5 blanks are generated.
17 Encoding level Variable;

n - Complete authority record

o - Incomplete authority record
$j $j This has a close relation with tag 0500 / 002@ Bibliographic type and status subfield $0 pos. 3 Encoding level
  • During import: the value is put in subfield $j.
  • During online cataloguing: the value can be added or updated.
  • During export: the value is exported. When the value is missing, the following value is generated: o - Incomplete authority record -.
18 Punctuation policy Variable;

# - No information provided

c - Punctuation omitted

i - Punctuation included

u - Unknown
$k $k  
  • During import: the value is put in subfield $k.
  • During online cataloguing: the value can be added or updated.
  • During export: the value is exported. When the value is missing, the following value is generated: blank (# - No information provided -).
19 Undefined Fixed value;

# - Undefined
$l $l Although these subfields are not used in CBS MARC 21 currently, they have been defined in the CBS MARC 21 format for completeness.
  • During import: the value is not imported in subfield $l. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value is not added.
  • During export: blank (# -  Undefined -) is generated.
20 Length of the length-of-field portion Fixed value;

4 - Number of characters in the length-of-field portion of a Directory entry
$m $m
  • During import: the value is not put in subfield $m. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value is not added.
  • During export: value 4 is generated.
21 Length of the starting-character-position portion Fixed value;

5 - Number of characters in the starting-character-position portion of a Directory entry
$n $n
  • During import: the value is not put in subfield $n. Thus, it is ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the value is not added.
  • During export: value 5 is generated.
22 Length of the implementation-defined portion Fixed value;

0 - Number of characters in the implementation-defined portion of the Directory entry
$o $o
  • During import: the values are not put in subfields $o and $p. Thus, they are ignored.
  • During online cataloguing: the values are not added.
  • During export: values 0 are generated.
23 Undefined Fixed value;

0 - Undefined
$p $p

 


1. Option record-status value new, corrected or deleted is generated by the pusher on basis of the log record and the target database. So, the record status is determined by the software.