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086 - Government Document Classification Number (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - full
December 2017

First Indicator Second Indicator
Number source
# - Source specified in subfield $2
0 - Superintendent of Documents Classification System
1 - Government of Canada Publications: Outline of Classification

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Classification number (NR)
  • $z - Canceled/invalid classification number (R)
  • $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)
  • $1 - Real World Object URI (R)
  • $2 - Number source (NR)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Classification number assigned to documents by designated agencies in countries that have a government documents classification program.

Government agency may be at any level (e.g., provincial, state, national, international). If a number can be characterized as both a stock number (field 037) and a classification number, the number is recorded in field 086. If the nature of the number is unknown, it is recorded in field 037 (Source of Acquisition). Field 086 is repeated for multiple valid government document classification numbers.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Number source

Source of the government document classification number.

# - Source specified in subfield $2

Classification number other than the U.S. or Canadian scheme.

086 ##$aHEU/G74.3C49$2ordocs
0 - Superintendent of Documents Classification System

Assigned by the U.S Government Printing Office. Supt. of Docs. no.: may be generated for display. Superintendent of Documents may be input by other institutions if verified in the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications or the Daily Depository Shipping List.

086 0#$aA 13.28:F 61/2/981 Glacier
1 - Government of Canada Publications: Outline of Classification

Source is Government of Canada Publications: Outline of Classification. The Canadian government printing office assigns classification numbers to denote special series or publications of a given department.

086 1#$aCS13-211

Second Indicator - Undefined

Undefined and contains a blank (#).

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Classification number

Government document classification number, including parenthetical qualifying information.

086 0#$aHE 20.6209:13/45
086 0#$aITC 1.12:TA-503 (A)-18 AND 332-279
086 0#$aLC 3.12:

$z - Canceled/invalid classification number

Document number that has been canceled or determined to be invalid by the authoritative agency. Subfield $z is repeated for multiple canceled or invalid classification numbers.

086 0#$aA 1.1:$zA 1.1/3:984

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number

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

$1 - Real World Object URI

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

$2 - Number source

MARC code that identifies the government document classification scheme used to assign the number when the first indicator position contains value #. The code may be used to generate a display constant to identify the source of the classification number. Code from: Classification Scheme Source Codes.

086 ##$aHEU/G74.3C49$2ordocs

$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 - Field 086 does not end with a period unless the field ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a period.

U.S. Superintendent of Documents Classification numbers - One space is recorded between letters and numbers unless there is intervening punctuation. For serially-issued items, only the "stem" of the number, that is, that part of the number up to the colon or slash which represents the individual title, is recorded. The date, series number, etc. for the particular issue are not recorded.

086 0#$aTD 1.1:
[Number as it appears on the source is: TD 1.1:985.]

Government of Canada Publications: Outline of Classification numbers - No spaces are recorded in the number.

Display Constants - Content of subfield $2 may be used to generate a display constant that identifies the source of the number.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

This field was defined originally as Superintendent of Documents Classification. Both indicators were undefined; subfield $a contained the classification number [USMARC only]. In 1975, the scope of the field was expanded to include document numbers from other government jurisdictions and the name changed to Government Document Number. In 1981, the scope of the field was restricted to call numbers and classification numbers.

Indicator 1 - Government jurisdiction (BK, MP, MU, VM, SE)

In 1975, the first indicator was defined as Government jurisdiction with values 0 (United States), 1 (Canada), 2-9 (Reserved). In 1981, the first indicator definition was made obsolete and subfield $2 was defined for recording a code for the source of the number. In 1985, the first indicator position was given its present definition.

Indicator 2 - Printing Agency [OBSOLETE, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

Second indicator was defined to indicate the name of the printing agency as well as the language of the work. The values were: # (when first indicator is not “1"), 0 (IC cat. no.), 1 (Cat. IC, no.), 2 (QP cat. no.), 3 (Cat. IR, no.), 4 (DSS cat. no.), and 5 (Cat. MAS, no.).

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number [NEW, 2017]
$2 - Number source [NEW, 1981]
$1 - Real World Object URI [NEW, 2017]

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