553 - Valid Number Tracing (R)

Caption for each higher level of the caption hierarchy that precedes the caption for a classification number or span that is contained in subfield $j (Caption). The caption at the highest level is recorded in the first subfield $h. The caption at each successive level is recorded in sequence in separate subfields $h up to and including the level that precedes the caption contained in subfield $j. Captions for all levels of the hierarchy are recorded in the field. If the caption in subfield $j is the highest level of the hierarchy, subfield $h is not used. (However, some systems may wish to omit some levels of the hierarchy for display purposes.) A caption hierarchy for classification numbers in a summary number span in the Dewey Decimal Classification is contained in subfield $k (Summary number span caption hierarchy).

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Lowest caption in the caption hierarchy for a classification number or span.

Caption at a level higher than the last for a summary number span when the classification scheme identified in field 084 (Classification Scheme and Edition) is the Dewey Decimal Classification. Caption hierarchies for single classification numbers, defined numbers spans, or other types of summary number spans are contained in subfield $h. The last caption in the caption hierarchy for a summary number span in field 153 (008/07, Type of number, code c for summary number span) is recorded in subfield $j.

Topic to which the tracing applies.

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Identification of the table to which the classification number belongs. The identification of the table by which a classification number or span is further subarranged is contained in field 762 (Table Identification). Subfield $z is input before the first element of the classification number in the first subfield $a.

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

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