Appendix E: Format Changes

This edition of the MARC 21 Format for Classification Data supersedes the December 1990 base text and update No. 1 (July 1995) to the USMARC Format for Classification Data as well as the March 1992 base text to the Canadian MARC Communication Format: Classification Data. It includes changes resulting from proposals which were considered by the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) at its meetings from 1998 through January 2000 and by the Canadian Committee on MARC (CCM) at its meetings from 1998 through January 2000.

New content designators:

Fields

016 National Bibliographic Agency Control Number

066 Character Sets Present

686 Relationship to Source Note

720 Index Term - Uncontrolled Name

764 Rule Identification

880 Alternate Graphic Representation

Indicators

762 Table Identification - 1st indicator (Table application sequence): values # (First), 2 (Second), 3 (Third), 4 (Fourth)

856 Electronic Location and Access - 2nd Indicator (Relationship): values # (No information provided), 0 (Resource), 1 (Version of resource), 2 (Related resource), 8 (No display constant generated)

Subfield codes

$d Source edition identifier in 084 (Classification Scheme and Edition)

$f Authorization in 084 (Classification Scheme and Edition)

$n Variations in 084 (Classification Scheme and Edition)

$4 Relator code in 700 (Index Term - Personal Name)

$4 Relator code in 710 (Index Term - Corporate Name)

$j Attribution qualifier in 700 (Index Term - Personal Name)

Code

Leader - character position 09 (Character coding scheme): codes # (MARC-8), a (UCS/Unicode)

Obsolete content designators:

Indicator value

700 Index Term - Personal Name - 1st indicator (Type of personal name entry element): value 2 (Multiple surname)

Subfield code

$g Uniform Resource Name in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)

Deleted content designator:

Subfield code

$w Authority record control number in fields 700, 710, 711, 730, 750, 751 [redefined as $0 Record control number]