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516 - Type of Computer File or Data Note (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise

2007

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2007 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats. Please see loc.gov/marc/concise/ for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21 Concise Formats.

General descriptor that characterizes the file (e.g., text, computer program, numeric). Specific information, such as the form or genre of textual material (e.g., biography, dictionaries, indexes) may be included. The general type of computer file information in coded form is recorded in 008/26 (Type of computer file).

Indicators

First - Display constant controller

# - Type of file

8 - No display constant generated

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Type of computer file or data note (NR)

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


516	##$aComputer programs.
516	##$aNumeric (Summary statistics).
516	##$aNumeric (Spatial data: Point).
516	##$aText (Law reports and digests).

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