X30 - Uniform Titles-General Information

Parenthetical information added to make a title distinctive is not separately subfield coded except in the case of the date of signing added to a uniform title of a treaty (see description of subfield $d).

Date of signing used in a uniform title field for a treaty or other intergovernmental agreement.

Designation of a relationship between a uniform title and the described materials, e.g., depicted.

Date of publication used in a uniform title field.

Date added parenthetically to distinguish between identical uniform titles is not separately subfield coded.

Data element that is not more appropriately contained in another defined subfield.

Media qualifier used in a uniform 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.

Form subheading used in a uniform title field. Form subheadings used with uniform titles include Manuscript, Protocols, etc. and Selections.

Name of the language(s) (or a term representing the language, e.g., Polyglot) used in a uniform title field.

Term(s) designating the medium of performance used in a uniform title field. 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 $a 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 $a.

Number designation for a part/section of a work used in a uniform 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 field.

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

Named part that indicates a subpart to the first noted part/section is contained in a separate subfield $p.

Statement of key in which the music is written used in a uniform title field.

Version, edition, etc., information used in a uniform title field.

Title page title of a work. Subfield $t is unlikely to be used in an X30 field.

Volume number or other sequential designation used in an 830 series added entry.

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 uniform title heading 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 uniform 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 topical subdivision is added to a uniform title.

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

Appropriate only when a geographic subject subdivision is added to a uniform title.

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

MARC code that identifies the source list from which the heading in a 630 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.

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.