X00 - Personal Names-General Information

Name may be a surname and/or forename; letters, initials, abbreviations, phrases, or numbers used in place of a name; or a family name. A parenthetical qualifying term associated with the name is contained in subfield $c, and a fuller form of name added as a qualifier is contained in subfield $q.

Roman numeral or a roman numeral and a subsequent part of a forename. It is used only in a forename heading (first indicator, value 0).

Includes qualifying information such as:

• titles designating rank, office, or nobility, e.g., Sir
• terms of address, e.g., Mrs.
• initials of an academic degree or denoting membership in an organization, e.g., F.L.A.
• a roman numeral used with a surname
• other words or phrases associated with the name, e.g., clockmaker, Saint.

Fuller forms of names given in parentheses are given in subfield $q.

If the heading is a surname followed directly by a prefix without intervening forenames or forename initials, the prefix is contained in subfield $c to prevent its being processed as a forename in searching and sorting.

Multiple adjacent titles or words associated with a name are contained in a single subfield $c. Subfield $c is repeated only when words associated with a name are separated by subelements contained in other subfields.

Dates of birth, death, or flourishing or any other date used with a name. A qualifier used with the date (e.g., b., d., ca., fl., ?, cent.) is also contained in subfield $d.

Designation of function that describes the relationship between a name and a work, e.g., ed., comp., ill., tr., collector, joint author.

Relationship codes or URIs, which also specify the relationship of a person to a work, are contained in subfield $4.

Date of publication used with a title of a work in a name/title heading.

Dates added parenthetically to a title to distinguish between identical titles entered under the same name are not separately subfield coded. Exception: For music, see subfield $n.

Data element that is not more appropriately contained in another defined subfield. This subfield is defined for consistency in the heading fields. Subfield $g is unlikely to be used in an X00 field.

Media qualifier used with a title of a work in a name/title field.

Designation of a relationship between the resource described in the 7XX field and the resource described in the 1XX/245 of the record. This may be an uncontrolled textual phrase or a controlled textual value from a list of relationships between bibliographic resources.

Attribution information for names when the responsibility is unknown, uncertain, fictitious, or pseudonymous. Qualifiers should be used that follow the name of a known artist for the work.

Form subheading that occurs in the title portion of an X00 field. Form subheadings used with personal names include Selections.

Name of a language(s) (or a term representing the language, e.g., Polyglot) of a work in a name/title field.

Term(s) designating the medium of performance used in a uniform title for a work in a name/title field.

Multiple adjacent elements in a single medium statement are contained in a single subfield $m. Subfield $m is repeated only when medium of performance statements are separated by subelements contained in other subfields.

If the uniform title includes as part of the medium the abbreviation “acc.” or “unacc.,” the abbreviation is recorded in subfield $m. The abbreviation “unacc.” is recorded in subfield $t when it is not an addition to a statement of medium. When a phrase such as “pianos (2),” “4 hands,” etc., follows a collective uniform title for a specific medium of performance, it is included in subfield $t.

Number designation for a part/section of a work used with a title in a name/title field.

In music uniform titles, the serial, opus, or thematic index number, or a date used to distinguish one work from another, is contained in subfield $n.

Multiple alternative numberings (often separated by a comma) are contained in a single subfield $n. Multiple numberings that are hierarchical (often separated by a period) are contained in separate occurrences of subfield $n.

Abbreviation arr. used in a uniform title for a work in a name/title field.

Name designation of a part/section of a work in a name/title field.

More complete form of part of the name that is in subfield $a.

Statement of key in which the music is written used in a uniform title for a work in a name/title field.

Version, edition, etc., information used with a title of a work in a name/title field.

Uniform title, a title page title of a work, or a series title used in a name/title field.

Affiliation or address of the name.

Volume number or other sequential designation used in conjunction with a series added entry in field 800.

Form subdivision that designates a specific kind or genre of material as defined by the thesaurus being used. Subfield $v is appropriate only when a form subject subdivision is added to a personal or family name to form an extended subject heading. Subfield $v is used for form terms when they function as indicated above. Subfield $x may be used if the terms function as general subdivisions. A form subdivision in subfield $v is generally the last subfield in the field. The subfield may be repeated if more than one form subdivision is used.

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

ISSN for a serial title given in the title portion of a name/title field. The ISSN is an agency-assigned data element. ISSNs are assigned to serial publications by national centers under the auspices of the ISSN Network.

Subject subdivision that is not more appropriately contained in subfield $v (Form subdivision), subfield $y (Chronological subdivision), or subfield $z (Geographic subdivision). Subfield $x is appropriate only when a general subdivision topical is added to a name or a name/title.

Subject subdivision that represents a period of time. Subfield $y is appropriate only when a chronological subject subdivision is added to a name or name/title.

Appropriate only when a geographic subject subdivision is added to a name or name/title.

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

MARC code that identifies the source list from which the heading in a 600 subject added entry field was assigned. It is used only when the second indicator position contains value 7 (Source specified in subfield $2). Code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.

Part of the described materials to which the field applies.

Code or URI that specifies the relationship from the entity described in the record to the entity referenced in the field. More than one relationship code or URI may be used if the entity has more than one relationship. A source of relationship codes is: MARC Code List for Relators.

Relator terms, which also specify the relationship of a person to a work, are contained in subfield $e.

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

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

Up to two character positions (designated 0 and 1) that indicate special characteristics of the linked entry. Because the definitions of the codes in subfield $7 are dependent on the character position in which they occur, the coding of any character position mandates that each preceding character position contains a code or the fill character (|); succeeding character positions need not be used.

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