Music Cataloging at Yale ♪ Authority control and NACO
Note: this page was created with music cataloging in mind.
For elements of name authority records, see Elements of name authority records
OCLC name authority record fixed field:
Personal name and name/title authority records |
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position | OCLC | definition | code | information |
(00-05) | Entered | Date entered on file | ||
(06) | Geo subd | Direct or indirect geographic subdivision | n | = Not applicable |
(07) | Roman | Romanization scheme | ![]() |
= No attempt to code |
(08) | Language of catalog | _ | = No information provided | |
(09) | Auth/Ref | Kind of record | a | = Established heading |
(10) | Rules | Descriptive cataloging rules | b | = AACR1 |
c | = AACR2 | |||
d | = AACR2 compatible heading | |||
z | = RDA | |||
(11) | Subj | Subject heading system/thesaurus | a | = Library of Congress Subject Headings |
(12) | Series | Type of series | n | = Not applicable |
(13) | Ser num | Numbered or unnumbered series | n | = Not applicable |
(14) | Name use | Heading use-main or added entry | a | = Appropriate |
(15) | Subj use | Heading use-subject added entry | a | = Appropriate |
(16) | Ser use | Heading use-series added entry | b | = Not appropriate |
(17) | Subd type | Type of subject subdivision | _ | = Undefined (obsolete) |
(28) | Govt agn | Type of government agency | ![]() |
= No attempt to code |
(29) | Ref status | Reference evaluation | a | = Tracings are consistent with the heading |
b | = Tracings are not necessarily consistent with the heading (found in old records) | |||
n | = not applicable (no references) | |||
(31) | Upd status | Record update in process | a | = Record can be used |
(32) | Name | Undifferentiated personal name | a | = Differentiated personal name (the name in the 1XX is a unique personal name) |
b | = Undifferentiated personal name (the name in the 1XX is used by two or more persons) | |||
(33) | Auth status | Level of establishment | a | = Fully established |
c | = Provisional (the heading cannot be formulated satisfactorily because of inadequate information; code c may be changed to code a when the needed information is available) | |||
d | = Preliminary (the heading is taken from a bibliographic record; the bibliographic item was not in hand at the time the heading was established; code d may be changed to code a when the item is in hand) | |||
(38) | Mod rec | Modified record | _ | = Not modified |
(39) | Source | Cataloging source | _ c |
= National bibliographic = Cooperative cataloging program agency |