Character position definition and scope:

A one-character alphabetic code indicates the specific material designation of text.  The specific material designation describes the special class of material (usually the class of physical object) to which an item belongs, for example, regular print text.  A fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this position.

Record requirements for National-level records:  Mandatory; for Minimal-level records:  Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:

Description:

a

Regular print  Item is regular, eye-readable text.

b

Large print

c

Braille

d

Loose-leaf  Item is text in a loose-leaf binder.

u

Unspecified

z

Other  A textual type in which none of the other defined codes is appropriate.

|

No attempt to code

To return, select:

007:  Text

007  Physical Description Fixed Field