MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data: 381: Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Work or Expression (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

Any characteristic that is not accommodated in a special field that serves to characterize a work or expression. Examples are an issuing body, arranged statement of music, version, or a geographic term. May be used to differentiate a work from another work with the same title.

Indicators

First - Undefined: # - Undefined
Second - Undefined: # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Other distinguishing characteristic (R)

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)

$v - Source of information (R)

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$1 - Real World Object URI (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$2 - Source of term (NR): Code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.

$6 - Linkage (NR): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples

381	##$aSouth African Law Commission
381	##$aDouglas
381	##$aD'Amboise
381	##$aAuthorized
381	##$aarranged
381	##$aA-text

381 - Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Work or Expression (R)

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples