Term and Code List for RDA Content Types

List identifier: rdacontent

This list contains Resource Description and Access (RDA) terms and corresponding three-character lower case alphabetic codes for RDA Content types. These types can be recorded in MARC Bibliographic and Authority records in textual form and/or in the three-character coded form in MARC field 336 (Content Type). In MARC Bibliographic records, content types are also recorded, sometimes in a more granular and sometimes in a more general form, with one-character codes in the MARC Bibliographic Leader/06 (Type of material). In the following, the three-character codes and terms for field 336 $b and $a, respectively, are listed along with the corresponding Leader/06 codes.

The source code for this list in field 336 $2 (Source) is rdacontent.

Code List

RDA content terms 336 $a	MARC codes for RDA terms 336 $b	MARC Bibliographic Leader/06 code(s)
cartographic dataset	crd	e or f
cartographic image	cri	e or f
cartographic moving image	crm	e or f
cartographic tactile image	crt	e or f
cartographic tactile three-dimensional form	crn	e or f
cartographic three-dimensional form	crf	e or f
computer dataset	cod	m
computer program	cop	m
notated movement	ntv	a or t
notated music	ntm	c or d
performed music	prm	j
sounds	snd	i
spoken word	spw	i
still image	sti	k
tactile image	tci	k
tactile notated music	tcm	c or d
tactile notated movement	tcn	a or t
tactile text	tct	a or t
tactile three-dimensional form	tcf	r
text	txt	a or t
three-dimensional form	tdf	r
three-dimensional moving image	tdm	g
two-dimensional moving image	tdi	g
other	xxx	o or p
unspecified	zzz

Source: http://www.loc.gov/standards/valuelist/rdacontent.html - April 5, 2011