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257 - Country of Producing Entity (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - full
December 2017

First Indicator Second Indicator
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Subfield Codes
  • $a - Country of producing entity (R)
  • $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)
  • $1 - Real World Object URI (R)
  • $2 - Source (NR)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Name or abbreviation of the name of the country(s), area(s), etc. where the principal offices of the producing entity(s) of a resource are located.

Entity(s) in this instance is the production company(s) or individual that is named in the statement of responsibility (subfield $c) of field 245 (Title Statement).

The inclusion of countries, areas, etc. in this field does not express any opinion concerning the legal status of the entity.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Country of producing entity

Name or abbreviation of the name of the country(s), area(s), etc. where the principal offices of the producing entity(s) of a resource are located.

257 ##$aU.S.
257 ##$a[S.l.].
257 ##$aItaly ; France.
500 ##$aAvers Film has separate offices in Italy and France.
257 ##$aFrance$aGermany$aItaly$2naf
257 ##$aUnited States$2naf
257 ##$aItaly$2naf
257 ##$aPalestine$2naf

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number

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

257 ##$aGermany$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931$2naf

$1 - Real World Object URI

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

$2 - Source

MARC code that identifies the source of the term in subfield $a.

Code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.

$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 257 ends with a mark of punctuation unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation. No punctuation is recorded between subfields.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Field 257 - Country of Producing Entity [RENAMED, 2009]
Prior to 2010 was named "Country of Producing Entity for Archival Films" and was (NR)
Field 257 - Country of Producing Entity [REDESCRIBED, 2017]
Field definition was broadened to allow for the recording of areas often treated as countries that are not legally recognized as countries.
$a - Country of producing entity [RENAMED, 2009]

Prior to 2010 was named "Country of Producing Entity for Archival Films" and was (NR)

$a - Country of producing entity [REDESCRIBED, 2017]

Subfield definition was broadened to allow for the recording of areas often treated as countries that are not legally recognized as countries.

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number [NEW, 2016]
$1 - Real World Object URI [NEW, 2017]
$2 - Source [NEW, 2009]

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