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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.
$a - Country of producing entity
Name or abbreviation of the name of the country(s), area(s), etc. where the principal offices of the producing entity(s) of a resource are located.
| 257 | ##$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.
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.
Prior to 2010 was named "Country of Producing Entity for Archival Films" and was (NR)
Subfield definition was broadened to allow for the recording of areas often treated as countries that are not legally recognized as countries.