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516 - Type of Computer File or Data Note (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full

October 2003

First Indicator
Display constant controller
# - Type of file
8 - No display constant generated

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Type of computer file or data note (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR)	$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

General descriptor that characterizes the file (e.g., text, computer program, numeric). Specific information, such as the form or genre of textual material (e.g., biography, dictionaries, indexes) may be included. The general type of computer file information in coded form is recorded in 008/26 (Type of computer file).

The type of computer file or data note is sometimes displayed and/or printed with an introductory term or phrase that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

First Indicator - Display constant controller

Controls the generation of a display constant preceding the note.

# - Type of file

Used to generate the display constant Type of file:.

8 - No display constant generated

Second Indicator - Undefined

Undefined and contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Type of computer file or data note

Entire text of the note.


516	##$aComputer programs.
516	##$aNumeric (Summary statistics).
516	##$aNumeric (Spatial data: Point).
516	##$aText (Law reports and digests).

$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 516 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Display Constant - Introductory phrase Type of file: is not carried in the MARC record. It may be system generated as a display constant associated with the first indicator value.

First indicator	Display constant
#	Type of file:
8	[no display constant]

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(02/23/2008)