Appendix F - Format Changes

MARC 21 Authority

September 2012

This section is provided for the lists of format changes that accompany each update to the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data.

MARC 21 FORMAT FOR AUTHORITY DATA

FORMAT CHANGE LIST

Update No. 15, September 2012

This page documents the changes contained in the fifteenth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data. Update No. 15 (September 2012) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during June 2012.

■ New content designators:

Codes

Code p - Metadata provenance in Appendix A (Control Subfields)

Subfields

$d Title of person (R) in 368 (Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body)

$s Start period (NR) in 368 (Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body)

$t End period (NR) in 368 (Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body)

$u Uniform Resource Identifier (R) in 368 (Other Attributes of
Person or Corporate Body)

$v Source of information (R) in 368 (Other Attributes of
Person or Corporate Body)

Fields

883 Machine-generated Metadata Provenance (R)

■ Changes in content designator names and definitions:

Fields

368Other Corporate Body Attributes changed to Other Attributes
of Person or Corporate Body and redefined.

Subfields

$cOther designation redefined in 368 (Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body)

UPDATE 15 LOCAL PRINT GUIDE

The following sections and fields were created/changed in Update No. 15 and should be printed to keep a print copy of the format up-to-date. Changes appear in red.