Skip to main content
OCLC Support

01. Overview on the 006 fields - Fixed-length data elements - Additional material characteristics

  1. Last updated
  2. Save as PDF

How must this table be read?

  • Cells marked with yellow are defined in the CBS MARC 21 format. These tags are "active", i.e. they can be used. So, tags marked with yellow are defined in the CBS MARC 21 format.
  • Cells marked with green are defined in the CBS MARC 21 format. These tags are extensions to, i.e. these are not part of the Library of Congress and the OCLC (WorldCat) format. So, tags marked with green are defined in the CBS MARC 21 format.
  • Cells with no color. These tags are "reserved" CBS MARC 21 tags; thus, these are non-existing tags now – for the main/master level, the local (LBD) and copy (LHR) level. These tags are only reserved for potential future use. Tags marked with no color may not be used in the CBS MARC 21 format now. So, when we need an extension of the CBS MARC 21 format or a new tag is defined by the MAC (MARC Advisory Committee), we already know what the CBS MARC 21 and CBS MARC 21 PICA+ tags will be.
  • Tag descriptions marked with purple are specific OCLC MARC 21 (WorldCat) tags.

 

 Note: December 2019: Only implemented for the CBS MARC 21 import, but not yet for the CBS MARC 21 export (MDT-5252).

M21 tag Description Value of first position CBS MARC tag  PICA+ tag Documentation Import, online cataloguing and MARC 21 export, analogous to the tags below
            CBS MARC tag PICA+ tag Description / Field 008/18-34
006

Language material

 00 = a M06A 012A Because the structure of the M06* fields is analogous to the fields in the columns to the right, you can find the description of the M06* fields in the documentation of the M08* fields. M08B 014B Books
006   00 = b M06B 012B      
006 Notated music 00 = c M06C 012C M08E 014E Music
006 Manuscript notated music 00 = d M06D 012D M08E 014E Music
006 Cartographic material 00 = e M06E 012E M08D 014D Maps
006 Manuscript cartographic material 00 = f M06F 012F M08D 014D Maps
006 Projected medium 00 = g M06G 012G M08G 014G Visual materials
006   00 = h M06H 012H      
006 Nonmusical sound recording 00 = i M06I 012I M08E 014E Music
006 Musical sound recording 00 = j M06J 012J M08E 014E Music
006 Two-dimensional nonprojectable graphic 00 = k M06K 012K M08G 014G Visual materials
006   00 = l M06L 012L      
006

Computer file/Electronic resources

 00 = m M06M 012M M08C 014C Computer files
006   00 = n M06N 012N      
006 Kit 00 = o M06O 012O M08G 014G Visual materials
006

Mixed material

 00 = p M06P 012P M08H 014H Mixed materials
006   00 = q M06Q 012Q      
006 Three-dimensional artifact or naturally occurring object 00 = r M06R 012R M08G 014G Visual materials
006 Serial/Integrating resource 00 = s M06S 012S M08F 014F Continuing resources
006 Manuscript 00 = t M06T 012T M08B 014B Books
006   00 = u M06U 012U      
006   00 = v M06V 012V      
006   00 = w M06W 012W      
006   00 = x M06X 012X      
006   00 = y M06Y 012Y      
006   00 = z M06Z 012Z      

General remark
The value of the first position is represented by the 4th position of the CBS MARC 21 tag. E.g. 00 = a corresponds with M06A; 00 = k corresponds with M06K, etc. so, there is no separate subfield within these tags for the value of the first position. This is important to know when data is imported and exported.