X00 - Personal Names-General Information

Name may be a surname and/or forename; letters, initials, abbreviations, phrases, or numbers used in place of a name; or a family name. A parenthetical qualifying term associated with the name is contained in subfield $c, and a fuller form of name added as a qualifier is contained in subfield $q.

Roman numeral or a roman numeral and a subsequent part of a forename. It is used only when the entry element is a forename (first indicator, value 0).

Includes qualifying information such as

• titles designating rank, office, or nobility, e.g., Sir
• terms of address, e.g., Mrs.
• initials of an academic degree or denoting membership in an organization, e.g., F.L.A.
• a roman numeral used with a surname
• other words or phrases associated with the name, e.g., clockmaker, Saint.

If the entry element is a surname followed directly by a prefix without intervening forenames or forename initials, the prefix is contained in subfield $c to prevent its being treated as a forename in searching and sorting processes.

Multiple adjacent titles or words associated with a name are contained in a single subfield $c. Subfield $c is repeated only when words associated with a name are separated by subelements contained in other subfields.

Dates of birth, death, or flourishing or any other date used with a name. A qualifier used with the date (e.g., b., d., ca., fl., ?, cent.) is also contained in subfield $d.

Designation of function that describes the relationship between a name and a work.

Date of publication used with a title of a work in a name/title heading.

Date added parenthetically to a title to distinguish between identical titles entered under the same name is not separately subfield coded.

Data that is not more appropriately contained in another defined subfield. This subfield code is defined for consistency among the name fields. Subfield $g is unlikely to be used in an X00 field.

Media qualifier used with a title of a work in a name/title heading.

Designation of a relationship of the entity in a 400, 500, or 700 field to the 1XX entity in the record or a textual reference instruction phrase. For fields 400 and 500 the phrase may be system-generated from the field tag or from the codes defined for subfield $w (Control subfield). Subfield $i is appropriate only in fields 400, 500, and 700. Guidelines for using subfield $i in fields 400 and 500 are provided in the Tracings and References-General Information section. Guidelines for using subfield $i in field 700 are provided in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

Attribution information for names when the responsibility is unknown, uncertain, fictitious, or pseudonymous. Qualifiers should be used that follow the name of a known artist for the work.

Occurs in the title portion of an X00 field. Form subheadings used with personal names include Selections.

Name of a language(s) (or a term representing the language, e.g., Polyglot) used with a title of a work in a name/title heading.

Term(s) designating the medium of performance used in a uniform title for a work in a name/title heading.

Subfield $m is not used for medium of performance information in a title page title used in a name/title heading.

Multiple adjacent elements in a single medium of performance statement are contained in a single subfield $m. Subfield $m is repeated only when medium of performance statements are separated by subelements contained in other subfields.

If the uniform title includes as part of the medium the abbreviation “acc.” or “unacc.,” the abbreviation is recorded in subfield $m. The abbreviation, “unacc.” is recorded in subfield $t when it is not an addition to a statement of medium. When a phrase such as “pianos (2),” “4 hands,” etc., follows a collective uniform title for a specific medium of performance, it is included in subfield $t.

Additional examples are under the descriptions of subfields $o and $r.

Number designation for a part/section of a work used with a title in a name/title heading. Numbering is defined as an indication of sequencing in any form (e.g., Part 1, Supplement A, Book two). In music titles, the serial, opus, or thematic index number is contained in subfield $n.

Multiple alternative numberings for a part/section (usually separated by commas) are contained in a single subfield $n.

Numbering that indicates a subpart to the first noted part/section (usually separated by a period) is contained in a separate subfield $n.

Abbreviation arr. used in a uniform title for a work in a name/title heading.

Subfield $o is not used for an arranged statement in a title page title used in a name/title heading.

Name designation of a part or section of a work used with a title in a name/title heading.

More complete form of the name that is in subfield $a.

Statement of key used in a uniform title for a work in a name/title heading.

Not used for a music key in a title page title used in a name/title heading.

Version, edition, etc., information used with a title of a work in a name/title heading.

Title by which an item or a series is identified in a name/title heading.

Additional examples are under the descriptions of subfields $e, $f, $k, $l, $m, $n, $o, $p, and $r.

Designates a specific kind or genre of material as defined by the thesaurus being used. Subfield $v is appropriate only when a form subject subdivision is added to a personal name heading to form an extended subject heading. Subfield $v is used for form terms when they function as indicated above; the terms are coded in subfield $x if they function as general subdivisions.

Codes in one or more character positions defined to control the display of information and specify relationships, restrictions, and status. Subfield $w is appropriate only in field 400, 500, and 700. Character position definitions and guidelines for applying the codes defined for subfield $w in field 400 and 500 are provided in the Tracings and References-General Information section. Character position definitions and guidelines for field 700 are provided in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

Subject subdivision that is not more appropriately contained in subfield $v (Form subdivision), subfield $y (Chronological subdivision), or subfield $z (Geographic subdivision). Subfield $x is appropriate in the X00 fields only when a topical subject subdivision is added to a name or name/title heading to form an extended subject heading.

Subject subdivision that represents a period of time. Subfield $y is appropriate in the X00 fields only when a chronological subject subdivision is added to a name or name/title heading to form an extended subject heading.

Appropriate in the X00 fields only when a geographic subject subdivision is added to a name or name/title heading to form an extended subject heading.

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

Code that identifies the source of a heading or term when the second indicator position contains value 7. Subfield $2 is appropriate only in field 700. Guidelines for applying subfield $2 are provided in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries—General Information section.

Code or URI that specifies the relationship from the entity described in the record to the entity referenced in the field. Guidelines for using subfield $4 in fields 400 and 500 are provided in the Tracings and References-General Information section. Guidelines for using subfield $4 in field 700 are provided in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

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

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

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