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X80 - General Subdivisions-General Information


MARC 21 Authority
December 2017

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First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

180/480/580 - Undefined
# - Undefined

780 - Thesaurus
0 - Library of Congress Subject Headings
1 - LC subject headings for children's literature
2 - Medical Subject Headings
3 - National Agricultural Library subject authority file
4 - Source not specified
5 - Canadian Subject Headings
6 - Répertoire de vedettes-matière
7 - Source specified in subfield $2



Subfield Codes

Subject subdivision portion

  • $v - Form subdivision (R)
  • $x - General subdivision (R)
  • $y - Chronological subdivision (R)
  • $z - Geographic subdivision (R)

Tracing and linking subfields

  • $i - Relationship information (R)   [480/580/780]
  • $w - Control subfield (NR)   [480/580/780]
  • $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)   [580/780]
  • $1 - Real World Object URI (R)   [580/780]
  • $2 - Source of heading or term (NR)   [780]
  • $4 - Relationship (R)   [480/580/780]
  • $5 - Institution to which field applies (R)   [480/580/780]
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

Content designators identify the subelements occurring in general subdivision headings constructed according to generally accepted thesaurus-building conventions (e.g., Library of Congress Subject Headings, Medical Subject Headings). A general subdivision may be a topical or language term that is used as a subdivision portion of an extended subject or index term access field in bibliographic records. A topical or language term that is used as the lead element of an established heading record is contained in a 150 (Heading-Topical Term) field.

Only generally-applicable content designators are described in full in this section. A small number of content designators with field-specific instructions are described in the Tracings and References-General Information section (for field 480 and 580) and the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section (for field 780).

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Undefined

Undefined and contains a blank (#).

Second Indicator

In fields 180, 480, and 580, the second indicator position is undefined and contains a blank (#). For field 780, the second indicator position contains one of the values described in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

SUBFIELD CODES

$i - Relationship information   [480/580/780]

Designation of a relationship of the entity in a 480, 580, or 780 field to the 1XX entity in the record or a textual reference instruction phrase. For fields 480 and 580 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 480, 580, and 780. Guidelines for using subfield $i in fields 480 and 580 are provided in the Tracings and References-General Information section. Guidelines for using subfield $i in field 780 are provided in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

$v - Form subdivision

Designates a specific kind or genre of material as defined by the thesaurus being used. Subfield $v is appropriate in an X80 field only when a form subject subdivision is added to a general subdivision to form an extended heading.

180 ##$xRussian$vDictionaries

$w - Control subfield   [480/580/780]

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 480, 580, and 780. Character position definitions and guidelines for applying the codes defined for subfield $w in field 480 and 580 are provided in the Tracings and References-General Information section. Character position definitions and guidelines for field 780 are in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

$x - General subdivision

Topical or language subdivision term.

180 ##$xPolitical aspects
180 ##$xRhetoric$xAbility testing
180 ##$xArabic

$y - Chronological subdivision

Subdivision term that represents a period of time. Subfield $y is appropriate in an X80 field only when a chronological subdivision is added to a general subdivision to form an extended subdivision heading.

180 ##$xCivilization$y16th century
180 ##$xHistory$y18th century$xExhibitions
180 ##$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly Church, ca. 30-600

$z - Geographic subdivision

Appropriate in an X80 field only when a geographic subdivision is added to a general subdivision to form an extended subdivision heading.

180 ##$xBoundaries$zCanada
180 ##$xNuclear reactor safety$y1975-1985$zUnited States
180 ##$xCampaigns$zTunisia

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number   [580/780]

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

$1 - Real World Object URI   [580/780]

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

$2 - Source of heading or term   [780]

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 780. Guidelines for applying subfield $2 are provided in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

$4 - Relationship   [480/580/780]

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 480 and 580 are provided in the Tracings and References-General Information section. Guidelines for using subfield $4 in field 780 are provided in the 7XX Heading Linking Entries-General Information section.

$5 - Institution to which field applies   [480/580/780]

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

$6 - Linkage

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

$8 - Field link and sequence number

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


INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Punctuation of the subelements of a heading is generally dictated by subject heading system/thesaurus rules. These input conventions clarify MARC punctuation practices. An X80 field does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

180 ##$xSalaries, etc.
180 ##$xEconomic conditions$y1960-

Spacing - No spaces are used in initialisms.

180 ##$xHistory$y332-30 B.C.

One space is used between the final period of an abbreviated term and a word or numeral that follows.

180 ##$xHistory$yEarly church, ca. 30-600

Display Constant

- [dash associated with the content of subfield $v, $x, $y, and $z]

Dash (-) that precedes a subdivision in an extended heading is not carried in the MARC record. It may be system generated as a display constant associated with the content of subfield $v, $x, $y, and $z.

 
Content designated field :
180 ##$xEconomic conditions$y1960-
Display example:
Economic conditions-1960-

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$i - Reference instruction phrase [480/580] [REDEFINED, 2009]
$i - Relationship information [780] [NEW, 2014]
$0 - Record control number [580/780] [REDEFINED, 2010]
$1 - Real World Object URI [580/780] [NEW, 2017]
$4 - Relationship code [480/580] [NEW, 2009]
$4 - Relationship code [780] [NEW, 2014]
$4 - Relationship code [480/580/780] [RENAMED, 2017] [REDESCRIBED, 2017]

Subfield $4 was renamed and redescribed to allow for the recording of relationship URIs in addition to MARC and non-MARC codes.


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