100 Heading - Personal Name

Field definition and scope:

Field 100 contains a personal name used in a name or name/title heading in an established heading record or in a traced or an untraced reference record. In an established heading record, field 100 contains the established form of a personal name. In a reference record, this field contains an unestablished form of a personal name.

The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.

Field 100 is NOT repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

The content designators identify the subelements occurring in a name or name/title heading that contains a personal name constructed according to the generally accepted cataloging and thesaurus-building rules [e.g., Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR 2), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)].

Personal names used in phrase subject headings (e.g., John, the Baptist, Saint, in the Koran) are contained in the X50 fields.

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National level (NLR) record requirements, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position	Description	NLR	Repeatability
Field 100	Heading - Personal Name	A	NR
Indicator:
First	Type of personal name entry element	M
0	Forename	A
1	Surname	A
3	Family name	A

Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Personal name	M	NR
$b	Numeration	A	NR
$c	Titles and other words associated with a name	A	R
$d	Dates associated with a name	A	NR
$e	Relator term	O	R
$f	Date of a work	A	NR
$g	Miscellaneous information	A	R
$h	Medium	O	NR
$j	Attribution qualifier	O	R
$k	Form subheading	A	R
$l	Language of a work	A	NR
$m	Medium of performance for music	A	R
$n	Number of part/section of a work	A	R
$o	Arranged statement for music	A	NR
$p	Name of part/section of a work	A	R
$q	Fuller form of name	A	NR
$r	Key for music	A	NR
$s	Version	A	R
$t	Title of a work	A	NR
$v	Form subdivision	A	R
$x	General subdivision	A	R
$y	Chronological subdivision	A	R
$z	Geographic subdivision	A	R
$6	Linkage	A	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	R

See: Examples for this field.

Input conventions:

Ambiguous headings (what is considered a "personal" name)

Punctuation

Spacing

Display constant

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.

Second Indicator - Nonfiling characters [obsolete]: The second indicator position was made obsolete in fields 100, 400, and 500 in 1993. The values were: 0-9 (Number of nonfiling characters present).

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

Subfield $j - Attribution qualifier: In 2000, subfield $j was defined for attribution information for names when the responsibility is unknown, uncertain, fictitious, or pseudonymous.

Subfield $s - Version [changed, 2017]: Subfield $s was made repeatable.

LC Guidelines:

100 Heading - Personal Name

DCM Z1 Instructions:

100 Heading - Personal Name