X00 Personal Names - General Information

Field definition and scope:

Each personal name field is unique in its definition and scope. For specific information, select from the list below.

600 Subject Added Entry - Personal Name (R)

See the specific field for its repeatability.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

The content designators identify the subelements occurring in personal name fields.

Guidelines for applying all content designators except the second indicator position are given in this section. A field-specific list of content designators and guidelines for applying the second indicator position are provided under the description for each specific X00 field.

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below. An asterisk ( * ) in the column indicates that the requirement varies. See table in the specific field.:

Position	Description	Repeatability
Field X00	Personal Names	*
Indicator:
First	Type of personal name entry element
0	Forename
1	Surname
3	Family name

Second	See the specific X00 field.

Subfield code:
	Name portion
$a	Personal name	NR
$b	Numeration	NR
$c	Titles and other words associated with a name	R
$d	Dates associated with a name	NR
$e	Relator term	R
$j	Attribution qualifier	R
$q	Fuller form of name	NR
$u	Affiliation	NR
$4	Relator code	R

	Title portion
$f	Date of a work [600, 700]	NR
$n	Number of part/section [600, 700]	R
$p	Name of part/section [600, 700]	R
$s	Version [600, 700]	NR
$t	Title [600, 700]	NR

	Name and title portions
$g	Miscellaneous information	R

	Subject subdivision portion
$v	Form subdivision [600]	R
$x	General subdivision [600]	R
$y	Chronological subdivision [600]	R
$z	Geographic subdivision [600]	R

	Control subfields
$0	Authority record control number or standard number	R
$1	Real World Object URI	R
$2	Source of heading or term [600]	NR
$6	Linkage	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	R

Input conventions:

Content designator history:

First Indicator - Type of personal name entry element

Values 1 - Single surname [redefined]

2 - Multiple surname [obsolete]

In 1996, the first indicator value 2 (Multiple surname) was made obsolete. Value 1 (Single surname) was redefined as Surname to be used for headings with either single or multiple surnames.

Subfield $g - Miscellaneous information [changed, 2014]: In 2014, subfield $g was made repeatable.

Subfield $0 - Authority record control number [new, 2007]

Subfield $0 - Authority record control number [redefined, 2010]

Subfield $1 - Real World Object URI [new, 2017]