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

Fully machine-generated

 

1

Partially machine-generated

 

2

Not machine-generated

 

 

 

 

Second

Undefined; contains a blank

 

 

 

 

Subfield code:

 

 

$a

Creation process

NR

$c

Confidence value

NR

$d

Creation date

NR

$q

Assigning or generating agency

NR

$x

Validity end date

NR

$u

Uniform Resource Identifier

NR

$w

Bibliographic record control number

R

$0

Authority record control number or standard number

R

$1

Real World Object URI

R

$8

Field link and sequence number

R

Content designator history:

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.

First Indicator - Method of machine assignment  [renamed, 2020]

Value  2 - Not machine-generated  [new, 2020]

Subfield $a - Generation process  [renamed, 2020]

Subfield $d - Generation date  [renamed, 2020]

Subfield $q - Generation agency  [renamed, 2020]

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

Related MARC field or document:

MARC Code List for Organizations

See also:

8XX  Other Variable Fields

Variable Data Fields