Character position definition and scope:

A one-character alphabetic code that indicates the type of electronic resource being described.  The specific type of electronic resource is also described in textual form in field 516 (Type of Computer File or Data Note).  A fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this 008 position.

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

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:

Description:

a

Numeric data

b

Computer program

c

Representational

d

Document

e

Bibliographic data

f

Font

g

Game

h

Sound

i

Interactive multimedia

j

Online system or service

m

Combination

u

Unknown

z

Other

|

No attempt to code

Related MARC field or document:

516  Type of Computer File or Data Note

See also:

006 and 008:  Computer Files

006 and 008:  Cross Reference Tables by Type of Material

006/01-17:  Character Positions by Type of Material

006  Fixed-Length Data Elements - Additional Material Characteristics

008/00-39:  Character Positions by Type of Material

008  Fixed-Length Data Elements