386 Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Field definition and scope:

Field 386 contains a group category to which the creator(s) of a work or compilation of works, or the contributor(s) to an expression or compilation of expressions, belongs.

If a demographic group is not specified then multiple creator/contributor group categories from the same source vocabulary or code list may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield $a and subfield $b. If a demographic group is specified then the categories in the field must all come from the same group. Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.

Field 386 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

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

Position	Description	NLR	MLR	Repeatability
Field 386	Creator/Contributor Characteristics			R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M
Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Creator/contributor term			R
$b	Creator/contributor code			R
$i	Relationship information			R
$m	Demographic group term			NR
$n	Demographic group code			NR
$0	Authority record control number or standard number			R
$1	Real World Object URI			R
$2	Source			NR
$3	Materials specified			NR
$4	Relationship			R
$6	Linkage			NR
$8	Field link and sequence number			R

Content designator history:

Field 386 - Creator/Contributor Characteristics [new, 2013]

Subfield $i - Relationship information [new, 2017]

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

Subfield $4 - Relationship [new, 2017]