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Elements in this table serve as "search attributes", i.e., conceptual access points that may be associated with particular fields in records or documents. "Z" refers to the Bib-1 Attribute Set defined in the international search standard ISO 23950 (ANSI/NISO Z39.50). Other views of these and related sets of metadata attributes, elements, and record formats are available at /element2.html.
Z.Name |
Z.Definition |
MARC.Tag |
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A person's real name, pseudonym, title of nobility nickname, or initials. |
100, 400, 600, 700, 800 |
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An organization or a group of persons that is identified by a particular name. (Subject name headings are included.) |
110, 410, 610, 710, 810 |
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A meeting of individuals or representatives of various bodies for the purpose of discussing topics of common interest. (Subject name headings are included.) |
111, 411, 611, 711, 811 |
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A word, phrase, character, or group of characters, normally appearing in an item, that names the item or the work contained in it. |
130, 21X-24X, 440, 490, 730, 740, 830, 840, subfield $t in the following: 400, 410, 410, 600, 610, 611, 700, 710, 711, 800, 810, 811 |
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Collective title applying to a group of separate, but related, items. |
440, 490, 830, 840, subfield $t in the following: 400,410, 411, 800, 810, 811 |
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The particular title by which a work is to be identified for cataloging purposes. |
130, 240, 730, subfield $t in the following: 700,710, 711 |
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International Standard Book Number -- internationally agreed upon number that identifies a book uniquely. Cf. ANSI/NISO Z39.21 and ISO 2108. |
20 |
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International Standard Serial Number -- internationally agreed upon number that identifies a serial uniquely. Cf. ANSI/NISO z39.9 and ISO 3297. |
022, 4XX$x, 7XX$x |
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Character string that uniquely identifies a record in the Library of Congress database. |
010, 011 |
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Character string that uniquely identifies a record in the British National Bibliography. |
15 |
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Character string that uniquely identifies a record in the Bibliotheque Nationale Francais. |
15 |
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Character string that uniquely identifies a record in a local system (i.e., any system that is not one of the four listed above). |
001, 035 |
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A classification number from the Dewey Decimal Classification, developed by Melvyl Dewey. |
82 |
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A classification number from Universal Decimal Classification, a system based on the Dewey Decimal Classification. |
80 |
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A classification number from the Bliss Classification, developed by Henry Evelyn Bliss. |
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A classification number from the US Library of Congress Classification. |
50 |
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A classification number from the US National Library of Medicine Classification. |
60 |
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A classification number from the US National Agriculture Library Classification. |
70 |
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A classification number from Mathematics Subject Classification, compiled in the Editorial Offices of Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt fur Mathematik. |
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A local classification number from a system not specified elsewhere in this list of attributes. |
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The primary topic on which a work is focused. |
600, 610, 611, 630, 650, 651, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 69X |
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Subject headings from Repertoire d'authorite de matieres encyclopedique unifie -- maintained by the Bibliotheque Nationale (France). |
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Subject headings from Bibliotek Dokumentasjon Informasjon -- a controlled subject vocabulary used and maintained by the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). |
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Subject headings from Information Services for the Physics and Engineering Communities -- the Information Services Division of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. |
600i2, 610i2, 611i2, 630i2, 650i2, 651i2 |
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Subject headings from Medical Subject Headings -- maintained by the US National Library of Medicine. |
600i2, 610i2, 611i2, 630i2, 650i2, 651i2 |
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Subject headings from Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms -- maintained by the Retrieval Services Unit of the American Psychological Association. |
600i2, 610i2, 611i2, 630i2, 650i2, 651i2 |
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Subject headings from US Library of Congress Subject Headings. |
600i0, 610i0, 611i0, 630i0, 650i0, 651i0 |
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Subject headings from Repertoire des vedettes- matiere -- maintained by the Bibliotheque de l'Universite de Laval. |
600i6, 610i6, 611i6, 630i6, 650i6, 651i6 |
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Subjects headings defined locally. |
653 |
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The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place. |
005, 008/00-05, 008/07-10, 260$c, 008/11-14, 033,etc. |
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The date (usually year) in which a document is published. |
008/07-10, 260$c, 046, 533$d |
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The date when a document was acquired. |
541$d |
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The unique name assigned to a serial by the International Serials Data System (ISDS). |
222 |
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A title proper that is an inclusive title for an item containing several works. |
243 |
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The title proper in another language and/or script. |
246i1 |
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The title printed on the cover of an item as issued. |
246i4 |
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A title on a title page preceding or following the title page chosen as the basis for the description of the item. It may be more general (e.g., a series title page), or equally general (e.g., a title page in another language). |
246i5 |
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A title given at the beginning of the first page of the text. |
246i6 |
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A title, or abbreviated title, that is repeated at the head or foot of each page or leaf. |
246i7 |
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A title appearing on the spine of an item. |
246i8 |
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A variation from the title page title appearing elsewhere in the item (e.g., a variant cover title, caption title, running title, or title from another volume) or in another issue. |
212 (obs.), 246i3, 247, 740 |
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A former title or title variation when one bibliographic record represents all issues of a serial that has changed title. |
247, 780 |
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Shortened form of the title; either assigned by national centers under the auspices of the International Serials Data System, or a title (such as an acronym) that is popularly associated with the item. |
210, 211 (obs.), 246 |
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An expanded (or augmented) title has been enlarged with descriptive words by the cataloger to provide additional indexing and searching capabilities. |
214 (obs.), 246 |
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Subject headings from PREserved Context Index System -- a string of indexing terms set down in a prescribed order, each term being preceded by a manipulation code which governs the production of pre-coordinated subject index entries under selected terms -- maintained by the British Library. |
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Subject headings from Regeln fur den Schlagwortkatalog -- maintained by the Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut. |
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An extension to a subject heading indicating the form, place, period of time treated, or aspect of the subject treated. |
6XX$x, 6XX$y, 6XX$z |
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Character string that uniquely identifies a record in a national bibliography. |
15 |
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The copyright registration number that is assigned to an item when the item is deposited for copyright. |
17 |
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A classification number assigned to a government document by a government agency at any level (e.g., state, national, international). |
86 |
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A formatted number assigned by a publisher to a sound recording or to printed music. |
28 |
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Character string that uniquely identifies a record in the Deutsche Bibliothek. |
15 |
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Call number (e.g., shelf location) assigned by a local system (not a classification number). |
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A code that indicates the language of the item. The codes are defined by the target. |
008/35-37, 041 |
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A code that indicates the geographic area(s) that appear or are implied in the headings assigned to the item during cataloging. |
43 |
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An authoritative-agency symbol for an institution that is the source of the record or the holding location. The code space is defined by the target. |
040, 852$a |
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The name of a person, corporate body, conference, or meeting, and the title of an item. (Subject name headings are included.) The syntax of the name-title combination is up to the target, unless used with the Structure attribute Key. |
100/2XX, 110/2XX, 111/2XX, subfields $a & $t in following: 400,410, 411, 600, 610, 611, 700, 710, 711, 800, 810, 811 |
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Name of a country, jurisdiction, region, or geographic feature. |
651 |
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City or town where an item was published. |
008/15-17, 260$a |
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A six-character, unique, alphanumeric code assigned to serial and monographic publications by the CODEN section of the Chemical Abstracts Service. |
30 |
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The code specifying the generation of a microform. |
007/11 |
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An abbreviated, accurate representation of a work, usually without added interpretation or criticism. |
520 |
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A concise statement in which such information as extended physical description, relationship to other works, or contents may be recorded. |
5XX |
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A personal or corporate author, or a conference or meeting name, and the title of the item. (No subject name headings are included.) The syntax of the name-title combination is up to the target, unless used with the Structure attribute Key (see below). |
100/2XX, 110/2XX, 111/2XX, subfields $a & $t in following: 400, 410, 411, 700, 710, 711, 800, 810, 811 |
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A code that specifies the characteristics and defines the components of the record. The codes are target-specific. |
Leader/06 |
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The name of a person, corporate body, conference, or meeting. (Subject name headings are included.) |
100, 110, 111, 400, 410, 411, 600, 610, 611, 700, 710, 711, 800, 810, 811 |
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A personal or corporate author, or a conference or meeting name. (No subject name headings are included.) |
720$a |
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A person's real name, pseudonym, title of nobility nickname, or initials. (Differs from attribute "name-personal (1)" in that personal name subject headings are not included.) |
100, 400, 700, 800 |
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An organization or a group of persons that is identified by a particular name. (Differs from attribute "name-corporate (2)" in that corporate name subject headings are not included.) |
710$a |
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A meeting of individuals or conference representatives of various bodies for the purpose of discussing topics of common interest. (Differs from attribute "name-conference (3)" in that conference name subject headings are not included.) |
111, 411, 711, 811 |
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Standard numbers such as ISBN, ISSN, music publishers numbers, CODEN, etc., that are indexed together in many online public-access catalogs. |
010, 011, 015, 017, 018, 020, 022, 023, 024, 025, 027, 028, 030, 035, 037 |
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Subject headings, for use with children's literature, that conform to the formulation guidelines in the "AC Subject Headings" section of the Library of Congress Subject Headings. |
600i1, 610i1, 611i1, 630i1, 650i1, 651i1 |
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A person's real name, pseudonym, title of nobility nickname, or initials that appears in a subject heading. |
600 |
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Used in full-text searching to indicate that the term is to be searched only in that portion of the record that the target considers the body of the text, as opposed to some other discriminated part such as a headline, title, or abstract. |
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The date and time that a record was added to the database. |
008/00-05 |
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The date and time a record was last updated. |
5 |
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Used in full-text searching to indicate to the target system the format of the document that should be returned to the originating system. The attribute carries not only the format code, but also the authority (e.g., system) that assigned that code. |
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Used within Z39.50-1988; included here for historical reasons but its use is deprecated. |
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Used within Z39.50-1988; included here for historical reasons but its use is deprecated. |
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The record is selected if there exists a Use attribute that the target supports such that the record would be selected if the target were to substitute that attribute. |
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The target substitutes one or more access points. The origin leaves the choice to the target. |
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The organization responsible for the publication of the item. |
260$b |
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The USMARC code or name of the organization(s) that created the original record, assigned the USMARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified the existing USMARC record; the cataloging source. |
008/39, 040 |
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A person who prepared for publication an item that is not his or her own. |
100 $a or 700 $a when the corresponding $e contains value 'ed.' |
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A one-character alphabetic code indicating the bibliographic level such as monograph, serial or collection of the record. |
Leader/07 |
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A code that represents the geographic area and if applicable the geographic subarea covered by an item. The codes are derived from the LC Classification-Class G and the expanded Cutter number list. |
52 |
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For serials, a publication in which the serial has been indexed and/or abstracted. |
510 |
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Coded form of cartographic mathematical data, including scale, projection and/or coordinates related to the item. |
34 |
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A statement of the key in which the music is written. |
$r in the following: 130, 240, 243, 630, 700, 730 |
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Serial titles related to this item, either the immediate predecessor or the immediate successor. |
247, 780, 785 |
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A report number assigned to the item. This number could be the STRN (Standard Technical Report Number) or another report number. Cf. ANSI/NISO Z39.23 and ISO 10444. |
027, 088 |
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A stock number that could be used for ordering the item. |
37 |
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The numeric designation for a part/section of a work such as the serial, opus or thematic index number. |
$n in the following: 130, 240, 243, 630, 700, 730 |
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A free-form string, more specific than the one-letter code in Leader/06, that describes the material type of the item, e.g., cassette, kit, computer database, computer file. |
245$h, or derived value from Leader/06-07, 007, 008, and 502 |
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A persistent identifier, or Doc-ID, assigned by a server, that uniquely identifies a document on that server. |
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The title of the item containing the part described in the record, for example, a journal title when the record describes an article in the journal. |
773$t |
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The type of materials contained in the item or publication. For example: review, catalog, encyclopedia, directory. |
derived value from 008/24-27 |
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The record is selected if the term value (as qualified by the other attributes) occurs anywhere in the record. |
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An author or a title or a subject. |
1XX, 2XX, 4XX, 6XX, 7XX, 8XX |
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The Serial Item and Contribution Identifier; based on NISO Z39.56- 199x, currently being balloted. The proposed standard provides an extensible mechanism for the creation of a code which uniquely identifies either an issue of a serial title or a contribution (e.g., article) within a serial regardless of distribution medium (paper, electronic, microform, etc.). |
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The language code or the language name for the language of the abstract. Entries are made in accordance with ISO 639-1988 'Code for the representation of names of language'. The 2-digit letter code is used as language code, the English term is used as language name. |
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Information (code or full text) about the patent application. |
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The code or the section heading of a classification system. The attribute is a general (broad) attribute for codes which are not existing as a search key. |
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The code or the section heading of the Dutch classification system. |
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The code or the section heading of a classification system assigned to a holding record. |
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The enzyme code or the enzyme nomenclature. Codes are assigned by the 'Enzyme Commission' in the 'International Union of Biochemistry'. |
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A code (library symbol or other code) of the institution which possesses the document. The codes are agreed upon between the partners. |
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An alphabetical code which determines the type of linking. |
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Information about the status of the record, e.g. new, corrected, deleted, revised. |
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A statement (code or full text) describing subject aspects of the content. |
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The identification number of a corporate body name from the German authority file for corporate body names "Gemeinsame Koerper-schaftsdatei" (GKD). |
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The unique identification number of the linked record. Attribute 'code-record-type' contains a code for the type of record which contains the 'control-number-linking' (b - bibliographical record, e - record for copy-specific data, n - authority record, l - holding record, p - record for cross references, v - full text). Attribute 'code-record-linking' contains a code which determines the type of linking. |
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The identification number of a personal name from the German authority file for personal names "Personennamendatei" (PND). |
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The identification number of a subject heading from the German authority file for subject headings "Schlagwortnormdatei" (SWD). |
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The identification number of a document in the German database for serials "Zeitschriftendatenbank" (ZDB). |
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The country code or the country name of the country where the document has been published. Entries are made according to ISO 3166 'Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries'. As country code a 2-digit letter code is used, as country name the English country name. |
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The date of the conference or of another meeting. |
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The date on which the record status was assigned. |
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Information about a dissertation thesis, or another publication connected with an academic degree. |
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The name of the organizer or the sponsor of a conference. |
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Information about the availability of a document (delivery information). |
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The 'Chemical Abstract Registry' number of the substance described in a document. |
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The publication number of the document (e.g. the number of the abstract in a secondary publication, or the number of the manuscript in a primary journal) provided that this number is not used as 'internal key' in the database. A publication number used as 'internal key' is entered in Attribute 12. |
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The account number of the document assigned by the accounting system. |
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Document acquisition number assigned by the system. |
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The document's shelf number. |
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The number of literature references cited in a document. |
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The number of a norm or standard. |
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The number of single volumes of a multivolume publication, (year's) issues of serials, parts of multivolume publications, serials journals etc. |
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The place where the conference or meeting was held. |
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A literature reference from a document. The bibliographic data of a reference consists e.g. of a title, author, journal, publication year, volume and page information of the cited document. |
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The title of a journal cited in a document. |
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The section code of a subject classification. |
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The section heading of a subject classification |
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A subject heading from the 'Gemeenschappelijke Onderwerps Onts luiting' (GOO). |
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A conference name used as subject heading. |
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A corporate body name used as a subject heading. |
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A formal topical subject heading, e.g. collection of articles, handbook, source. |
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A geographical/ethnographical subject heading. |
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A chronological subject heading. |
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A title proper used as subject heading. |
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A topical subject heading. |
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An uncontrolled subject term. General (broad) attribute for subject terms not specified any further, existing as a search key. |
653$a |
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The description of a chemical substance. This is either the name of the substance or a name from another classification system, e.g. enzyme code. |
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The translation of a title. |
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The publication year of the first issue/volume of serial publications (journals, newspapers, etc.). |
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The publication year of the last issue/volume of serial publications (journals, newspapers, etc.). |
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The name given to the resource, usually by the Creator or Publisher. |
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The person or organization primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of the resource. |
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The topic of the resource. |
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A textual description of the content of the resource. |
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The entity responsible for making the resource available in its present form. |
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A date associated with the creation or availability of the resource. |
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The category of the resource. |
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A string or number used to uniquely identify the resource. |
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The language of the intellectual content of the resource. |
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A person or organization not specified in a Creator element who has made significant intellectual contributions to the resource but whose contributionis secondary to any person or organization specified in a Creator element. |
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The data format and, optionally, dimensions (e.g., size, duration) of the resource. |
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Information about a second resource from which the present resource is derived. |
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An identifier of a second resource and its relationship to the present resource. |
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The spatial or temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. |
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A rights management statement for the resource. |
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The controlled vocabulary associated with the subject of the information resource. |
650 |
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The name of the thesaurus or similar authoritative source of terms associated with the subject of the information resource. |
650 1st indicator/ 650$2 |
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650$a |
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The name designating the term in the controlled vocabulary associated with the subject of the information resource. |
650$a |
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The set of geographic designations of the coverage of the information resource. |
255$c |
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The set of geographic coordinates that delimit the coverage of the information resource. |
255$c |
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The value of the western-most coordinate of the location of the coverage of the information resource. |
034$d |
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The value of the eastern-most coordinate of the location of the coverage of the information resource. |
034$e |
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The value of the northern-most coordinate of the location of the coverage of the information resource. |
034$f |
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The value of the southern-most coordinate of the location of the coverage of the information resource. |
034$g |
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The vocabulary of place names associated with the information resource. |
651 |
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The name of the registered thesaurus or similar authoritative source of place names associated with the information resource. |
651$2 |
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The name designating the location identified in the authoritative source of location names associated with the information resource. |
651$a |
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The time period associated with the information resource product. |
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The text describing the time period associated with the information resource. |
513$b |
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The date range associated with the information resource. |
045$b |
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The start date of the period associated with the information resource or the information resource product. |
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The end date of the period associated with the information resource or the information resource product. |
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The time period associated with the information resource. |
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The name and other information associated with the party acting as distributor of the information resource product. |
270 1st indicator=1 |
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The name of the person acting as distributor of the information resource product. |
270$p |
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The name of the organization acting as distributor of the information resource product. |
270$q |
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The name of the street of the location of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$a |
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The name of the city of the location of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$b |
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The name of the sub-division of the country of the location of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$c |
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The post code of the location of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$e |
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The name of the country of the location of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$d |
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The identifier of the Internet electronic mail address of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$m |
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The text describing the hours of service of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$r |
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The number of the telephone of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$k |
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The number of the fax of the distributor of the information resource product. |
270$l |
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The name of the information resource product. |
037$f |
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The product derived from the information resource. Note: Product may include service. |
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The text describing the process for ordering the information resource product. |
037$n |
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The indicator identifying whether or not there is a price for the information resource product. Note: A value of zero means free of charge. |
037$c |
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The text describing the price of the information resource product. Note: Text may include conditional price information. |
037$n |
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The text describing technical prerequisites for use of the information resource product. |
538$a |
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The ordering information for the information resource product. |
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The text describing the time period associated with the information resource product. |
513$b |
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The date range associated with the information resource product. |
045$b |
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The code and identifier pair identifying the reference to the information resource product. |
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The code identifying the data type at the reference address of the information resource or information resource product. Note: By convention on the Internet, the code is expressed as a MIME type. |
856$z, 787$n (if cross-reference) |
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The identifier of the reference address of the information resource or information resource product. Note: By convention on the Internet, the identifier is expressed as a URL or URN. |
856$u, 787$w (if cross-reference) |
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The text describing the source from which the information resource is derived. |
786$n |
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The text describing the methodology used to produce the information resource. |
567$a |
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The constraints on access to the information resource. |
506$a |
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The text describing the constraints on access to the information resource. Note: This may include security, confidentiality, dissemination, and other constraints on accessing the information resource. |
506$a |
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The text describing dissemination control constraints assigned by the originator of the information resource. |
357$g |
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The text describing security classification control constraints of the information resource. |
355$a |
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The text describing the constraints on use of the information resource. |
540$a |
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The party acting as contact for the information resource. Note: The party may be a person, an organization, or both. |
270 1st Indicator=2 |
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The name of the person acting as contact for the information resource. |
270$p |
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The name of the organization acting as contact for the information resource. |
270$q |
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The name of the street of the location of the contact for the information resource. |
270$a |
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The name of the city of the location of the contact for the information resource. |
270$b |
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The name of the sub-division of the country of the location of the contact for the information resource. |
270$c |
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The postcode of the location of the contact for the information resource. |
270$e |
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The name of the country of the location of the contact for the information resource. |
270$d |
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The identifier of the Internet electronic mail address for the contact for the information resource. |
270$m |
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The text describing the hours of service of the contact for the information resource. |
270$r |
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The number of the telephone of the contact for the information resource. |
270$k |
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The number of the fax of the contact for the information resource. |
270$l |
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The supplemental information associated with the information resource. |
500$a |
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The text describing the purpose of the information resource. |
521$a |
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The text describing the agency program associated with the information resource. |
545$a |
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The cross-reference to another information resource associated with the information resource. |
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The name that is the distinctive designation of the cross-referenced information resource. |
787$t |
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The text describing the relationship of the cross referenced information resource to the information resource. |
787$g |
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The code and identifier pair identifying the address of the cross-referenced information resource. |
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The identifier, assigned in a records schedule system, of the information resource. Note: A records schedule concerns events in life cycle management of records. |
583$b |
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The identifier of an original locator record from which was derived the locator record of the information resource. |
035$a |
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The code of the language of the locator record of the information resource. |
040$b |
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The date scheduled for review of the locator record of the information resource. |
583$c |
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