008/07 Romanization scheme

Character position definition and scope:

A one-character alphabetic code that indicates that the 1XX heading field contains the romanized form of a name or uniform title and identifies the romanization scheme used. If the 1XX heading is not a romanized form, code n is used. The fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this 008 position.

National Level Requirement for character position 008/07 and the codes below is Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:	Description:
a	International standard
b	National standard
c	National library association standard
d	National library or bibliographic agency standard
e	Local standard
f	Standard of unknown origin
g	Conventional romanization or conventional form of name in language of cataloging agency
n	Not applicable
\|	No attempt to code

Content designator history:

a - ALA-LC romanization tables [redefined, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

b - Larousse [redefined, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

c - ISO [redefined, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

d - Conventional romanization or conventional form of name in language of cataloguing [redefined, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

e - Other transliteration tables [redefined, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

x - Not romanized [obsolete, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

LC Guidelines:

008/07 Romanization scheme

For information on other 008 character positions, see:

008 Fixed-Length Data Elements