378 Fuller Form of Personal Name

Field definition and scope:

Field 378 contains a name element used to distinguish a person from another person with the same name. It may be needed when a part of a name is represented only by an initial or abbreviation in the form chosen as the preferred name, or when a part of the name is not included in the form chosen as the preferred name. This field applies only to the name in the 1XX.

Field 378 is NOT repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

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

Position	Description	NLR	Repeatability
Field 378	Fuller Form of Personal Name		NR
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M
Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$q	Fuller form of personal name		NR
$u	Uniform Resource Identifier		R
$v	Source of information		R
$6	Linkage		NR
$8	Field link and sequence number		R

Content designator history:

Field 378 - Fuller Form of Personal Name [new, 2011]

LC Guidelines:

378 Fuller Form of Personal Name

DCM Z1 Instructions:

378 Fuller Form of Personal Name