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884 - Description Conversion Information (R)


MARC 21 Authority - full
April 2015

First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Conversion process (NR)
  • $g - Conversion date (NR)
  • $k - Identifier of source metadata (NR)
  • $q - Conversion agency (NR)
  • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Used to provide information about the origin of a MARC record which has been converted by machine from another metadata structure.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Conversion process

Identifies the process used to produce the data contained in the MARC record. The subfield may contain a process name or some other description.

884 ##$aBibframe to MARC Authority transformation version 1.011$g20140910$khttp://id.example.com/resources/works/5226.rdf$qDLC$uhttps://github.example.com/ld4l/bibframe2marcproject/tree/a9f03c8f86ffa1c8e2f41cbbec2d396a655a956d/
[BIBFRAME to MARC Conversion]

$g - Conversion date

Date on which the data was converted. Date is recorded in the format yyyymmdd in accordance with ISO 8601, Representation of Dates and Times.

$k - Identifier of source metadata

Identifier associated with the description from which the data was obtained.

$q - Conversion agency

MARC organization code of the institution using the process/activity to convert the data.

Code from: MARC Code List for Organizations.

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which identifies the process used to convert the data contained in the MARC record. The URI can lead to a textual or structured description of the process, or the URL that was used to generate the record’s content can be provided directly, i.e., a URL invoking a web service or conveying an API call.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Field 884 - Description Conversion Information [NEW, 2015]

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