883 Metadata Provenance (R) (Variable Data Field)
Field definition and scope:
Field 883 is used to provide information about the provenance of metadata in data fields in the record. Field 883 contains a link to the field to which it pertains.
Field 883 is repeatable.
Guidelines for applying content designators:
For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below:
| Position | Description | Repeatability | 
| Field 883 | Metadata Provenance | R | 
| Indicator: | 
 | 
 | 
| First | Method of assignment | 
 | 
| No information provided/not applicable | 
 | |
| 0 | 
 | |
| 1 | 
 | |
| 2 | 
 | |
| 
 | 
 | 
 | 
| Second | Undefined; contains a blank | 
 | 
| 
 | 
 | 
 | 
| Subfield code: | 
 | 
 | 
| $a | NR | |
| $c | NR | |
| $d | NR | |
| $q | NR | |
| $x | NR | |
| $u | NR | |
| $w | R | |
| $0 | R | |
| $1 | R | |
| $8 | R | 
 Field 883 - Machine-generated 
 Metadata Provenance  [new, 2012]
Field 883 - Machine-generated 
 Metadata Provenance  [new, 2012]
 Field 883 - Machine-generated 
 Metadata Provenance  [renamed, 2020]:  Field 883 was 
 renamed to allow the recording of non-machine-generated content.
Field 883 - Machine-generated 
 Metadata Provenance  [renamed, 2020]:  Field 883 was 
 renamed to allow the recording of non-machine-generated content.
 First Indicator - Method of machine assignment  [renamed, 
 2020]
First Indicator - Method of machine assignment  [renamed, 
 2020]
Value 2 - Not machine-generated [new, 2020]
 Subfield 
 $a - Generation 
 process  [renamed, 2020]
Subfield 
 $a - Generation 
 process  [renamed, 2020]
 Subfield 
 $d - Generation 
 date  [renamed, 2020]
Subfield 
 $d - Generation 
 date  [renamed, 2020]
 Subfield 
 $q - Generation 
 agency  [renamed, 2020]
Subfield 
 $q - Generation 
 agency  [renamed, 2020]
 Subfield 
 $1 - Real 
 World Object URI  [new, 2017]
Subfield 
 $1 - Real 
 World Object URI  [new, 2017]
See also: