Character position definition and scope:

A one-character alphabetic code indicates the specific material designation of a videorecording.  The specific material designation describes the special class of material (usually the class of physical object) to which an item belongs, for example, a videodisc.  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:

Content designator history:

Character position 00 (Form of release) became 01 (Specific material designation) when field 007 was restructured in 1981.

# - Not applicable or no attempt to code  [obsolete, 1980]

n - Not applicable  [obsolete, 1981]

To return, select:

007:  Videorecording

007  Physical Description Fixed Field