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X11 - Meeting Names-General Information


MARC 21 Bibliographic
July 2022

"Full" documentation refers to the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data that contains detailed descriptions of every data element, along with examples, input conventions and history sections.

"Concise" documentation refers to the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data that contains abridged descriptions of every data element, along with examples.


First Indicator Second Indicator
Type of meeting name entry element
0 - Inverted name
1 - Jurisdiction name
2 - Name in direct order

111 - Undefined
# - Undefined

611 - Thesaurus
0 - Library of Congress Subject Headings
1 - Library of Congress Children's and Young Adults' Subject Headings
2 - Medical Subject Headings
3 - National Agricultural Library subject authority file
4 - Source not specified
5 - Canadian Subject Headings
6 - Répertoire de vedettes-matière
7 - Source specified in subfield $2

711 - Type of added entry
# - No information provided
2 - Analytical entry

811 - Undefined
# - Undefined



Subfield Codes

Name portion

  • $a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element (NR)
  • $c - Location of meeting (R)
  • $e - Subordinate unit (R)
  • $j - Relator term (R)
  • $q - Name of meeting following jurisdiction name entry element (NR)
  • $u - Affiliation (NR)
  • $4 - Relationship (R)

Title portion

  • $f - Date of a work (NR)
  • $h - Medium (NR)   [611/711/811]
  • $i - Relationship information (R)   [711]
  • $k - Form subheading (R)
  • $l - Language of a work (NR)
  • $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
  • $s - Version (R)   [611/711/811]
  • $t - Title of a work (NR)
  • $v - Volume/sequential designation (NR)   [811]
  • $x - International Standard Serial Number (NR)   [711/811]

Name and title portions

  • $d - Date of meeting or treaty signing (R)
  • $g - Miscellaneous information (R)
  • $n - Number of part/section/meeting (R)

Subject subdivision portion

  • $v - Form subdivision (R)   [611]
  • $x - General subdivision (R)   [611]
  • $y - Chronological subdivision (R)   [611]
  • $z - Geographic subdivision (R)   [611]

Control subfields

  • $w - Bibliographic record control number (R)   [811]
  • $y - Data provenance (R)   [811]
  • $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)
  • $1 - Real World Object URI (R)
  • $2 - Source of heading or term (NR)
  • $3 - Materials specified (NR)   [611/711/811]
  • $5 - Institution to which field applies (NR)   [711/811]
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $7 - Control subfield (NR)   [811]
  • $7 - Data provenance (R)   [111/611/711]
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

Subelements occurring in meeting name fields constructed according to the generally accepted cataloging and thesaurus-building rules (e.g., Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR 2), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)). A named meeting that is entered under a corporate name is contained in the X10 fields. Corporate names that include such words as conference or congress are also contained in the X10 fields. For example, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, a professional group, is a corporate name.

Guidelines for applying all content designators except the second indicator position are given in this section. A field-specific list of content designators and guidelines for applying the second indicator position are provided under the description for each specific X11 field.

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Type of meeting name entry element

Value that identifies the form of the entry element of the field. The values distinguish among an inverted personal name, a jurisdiction name, and a meeting name in direct order used as the entry element.

0 - Inverted name

Meeting name begins with a personal name in inverted order (surname, forename).

711 0#$aSmith (David Nichol) Memorial Seminar.

Meeting names beginning with a personal surname alone, a personal name in direct order (not inverted), or containing a personal name other than as the entry element are identified by value 2.

111 2#$aSymposium Internacional "Manuel Pedroso" In Memoriam$d(1976 :$cGuanajuato, Mexico)
1 - Jurisdiction name

Jurisdiction name under which a meeting name is entered.

111 1#$aBayreuth, Ger. (City).$qFestspiele.
111 1#$aChicago.$qCartography Conference.

Meeting names containing a jurisdiction name as an integral part of the name or qualified by a place name are identified by value 2.

111 2#$aNation-wide Conference of the Women of Afghanistan$d(1980 :$cKabol, Afghanistan)
111 2#$aBrussels Hemoglobin Symposium$n(1st :$d1983)
2 - Name in direct order

Meeting name is in direct order althought it may contain a parenthetical qualifier or may be an acronym or initialism.

111 2#$aIASTED International Symposium$d(1982 :$cDavos, Switzerland)
111 2#$aSymposium (International) on Combustion.
111 2#$aGovernor's Conference on Aging (N.Y.)$d(1982 :$cAlbany, N.Y.)
711 2#$aTheatertreffen Berlin (Festival)
111 2#$aEsto '84$d(1984 :$cToronto, Ont).$eRaamatunäituse Komitee.
811 2#$aInternational Congress of Romance Linguistics and Philology$n(17th :$d1983 :$cAix-en-Provence, France).$tActes du XVIIème Congrès international de linguistique et philologie romanes ;$vvol. no. 5.
111 2#$aCongresso Brasileiro de Publicações$n(1st :$d1981 :$cSão Paulo, Brazil)

Second Indicator

Second indicator position is unique to the function of the meeting name field. It is described under 111 (Main Entry-Meeting Name); 611 (Subject Added Entry-Meeting Name); 711 (Added Entry-Meeting Name); and 811 (Series Added Entry-Meeting Name).

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element

Name of a meeting or a jurisdiction name under which a meeting is entered. Parenthetical qualifying information is not separately subfield coded. Meeting names are not entered under jurisdiction names in AACR 2 formulated X11 fields.

111 2#$aInternational Conference on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics.
111 2#$aMilitary History Symposium (U.S.)$n(9th :$d1980 :$cUnited States Air Force Academy)
111 1#$aSeville.$qExposición Ibero-Americana,$d1929-1930.

$c - Location of meeting

Place name or a name of an institution where a meeting was held. Multiple adjacent locations are contained in a repeatable subfield $c.

111 2#$aWorkshop on Primary Health Care$d(1983 :$cKavieng, Papua New Guinea)
711 2#$aConference on Philosophy and Its History$d(1983 :$cUniversity of Lancaster)
111 2#$aWinter Olympic Games$n(14th :$d1984 :$cSarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina)
111 2#$aWorld Peace Conference$n(1st :$d1949 :$cParis, France; $cPrague, Czechoslovakia)

Place name added parenthetically to a meeting name to distinguish between identical names is not separately subfield coded.

111 2#$aGovernor's Conference on Aging (N.Y.)

$d - Date of meeting or treaty signing

111 2#$aColloquio franco-italiano di Aosta$d(1982)
111 2#$aSymposium on Finite Element Methods in Geotechnical Engineering$d(1972 :$cVicksburg, Miss.)
111 2#$aInternational Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism$n(26th :$d1980 :$cCardiff, South Glamorgan)

In a name/title X11 field, subfield $d also contains the date a treaty was signed.

711 2#$aInternational Conference on Viet-Nam$d(1973 :$cParis, France).$tAct of the International Conference on Viet-Nam$d(1973 March 2)

$e - Subordinate unit

Name of a subordinate unit entered under a meeting name.

111 2#$aInternational Congress of Gerontology.$eSatellite Conference$d(1978 :$cSydney, N.S.W.)
711 2#$aStour Music Festival.$eOrchestra.
111 2#$aWhite House Conference on Library and Information Services$d(1979 :$cWashington, D.C.).$eOhio Conference Delegation.
711 2#$aOlympic Games$n(21st :$d1976 :$cMontréal, Québec).$eOrganizing Committee.$eArts and Culture Program.$eVisual Arts Section.

$f - Date of a work

Date of publication used with a title of a work in a name/title field.

711 22$aInternational Symposium on Standardization of Hematological Methods$d(1968 :$cMilan, Italy).$tProceedings.$f1970.

Date added parenthetically to a meeting name to distinguish between identical names is not separately subfield coded.

111 2#$aInternational Symposium on Quality Control (1974- )

$g - Miscellaneous information

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

111 2#$aNational Conference on Physical Measurement of the Disabled,$n2nd,$cMayo Clinic,$d1981,$gProjected, not held.

$h - Medium   [611/711/811]

Media qualifier used with a title of a work in a name/title field.

$i - Relationship information   [711]

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.

$j - Relator term

Describes the relationship between a name and a work.

611 20$aStour Music Festival.$eOrchestra,$jdepicted.

$k - Form subheading

Form subheading used with a title of a work in a title field. The term Selections is a form subheading used with meeting names.

711 22$aCouncil of Trent$d(1545-1563).$tCanones et decreta.$lEnglish.$kSelections.$f1912.

$l - Language of a work

Name of a language(s) (or a term representing the language, e.g., Polyglot) of a work in a name/title field.

711 22$aConferencia General del Episcopado Latinoamericano$n(3rd :$d1979 :$cPueblo, Mexico).$tEvangelización en el presente y en el futuro de América Latina.$lEnglish.$f1979.

$n - Number of part/section/meeting

Number of a meeting.

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.

711 2#$aAsian Games$n(9th :$d1982 :$cDelhi, India)

$p - Name of part/section of a work

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

711 2#$aInternational Conference on Gnosticism$d(1978 :$cNew Haven, Conn.).$tRediscovery of Gnosticism.$pModern writers.
711 2#$aConference on the Limitation of Armament$d(1921-1922 :$cWashington, D.C.).$tWashington Kaigi keika.$n1.$pGunbi seigen ni kansuru mondai.

$q - Name of meeting following jurisdiction name entry element

Meeting name that is entered under a jurisdiction name contained in subfield $a.

111 1#$aParis.$qSalon (Société des artistes français)
111 1#$aParis.$qPeace Conference,$d1919.

$s - Version   [611/711/811]

Version, edition, etc., information added to a title of a work in a name/title field. This subfield code is defined for consistency in the 1XX fields. Subfield $s is unlikely to be used in an X11 field.

$t - Title of a work

Uniform title, a title page title of a work, or a series title used in a name/title field.

611 20$aVatican Council$n(2nd :$d1962-1965).$tDecretum de presbyterorum ministerio et vita.

Additional examples are under the descriptions of subfields $f, $k, $l, $p, and $v.

$u - Affiliation

Affiliation or address of the name in subfield $a.

$v - Volume/sequential designation   [811]

Volume number or other sequential designation used in conjunction with an 811 series added entry.

811 2#$aConference of Latin Americanist Geographers.$tPublication series ;$vv. 1.

$v - Form subdivision   [611]

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 meeting name or name/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.

611 20$aPurdue Pest Control Conference$vPeriodicals.
611 20$aInternational Congress of Writers for the Defence of Culture$n(1st :$d1935 :$cParis, France)$vFiction.

$w - Bibliographic record control number   [811]

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

$x - International Standard Serial Number   [711/811]

ISSN for a serial contained in the title portion of a name/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.

$x - General subdivision   [611]

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 meeting name or a name/title heading.

611 20$aOlympics$xHistory$vJuvenile literature.
611 20$aTour de France (Bicycle race)$xHistory.

$y - Chronological subdivision   [611]

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

611 20$aDerby (Horse race)$xHistory$y20th century.

$y - Data provenance   [811]

See description of this subfield in Appendix J: Data Provenance Subfields.

$z - Geographic subdivision   [611]

Appropriate only when a geographic subject subdivision is added to a meeting name or name/title.

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number

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

$1 - Real World Object URI

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

$2 - Source of heading or term

MARC code that identifies the source list from which the heading was assigned. For field 111, 711, 811 name or name-title headings, code from: Name and Title Authority Source Codes. For field 611, subfield $2 is used only when the second indicator position contains value 7 (Source specified in subfield $2), and contains a code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.

$3 - Materials specified   [611/711/811]

Part of the described materials to which the field applies.

$4 - Relationship

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.

111 2#$aSymposium on the Underground Disposal of Radioactive Wastes$d(1979:$cOtaniemi, Finland)$4fnd
711 2#$iAddenda to (work):$4http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/w/P10177$aInternational Aerospace and Ground Conference on Lightning and Static$d(1988 :$cOklahoma, City, Okla.).$tProceedings of the 1988 International Aerospace and Ground Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity.

$5 - Institution to which field applies   [711/811]

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

$6 - Linkage

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

$7 - Control subfield   [811]

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.

/0 - Type of record

Code indicating the type of record for the related item. The code is the same as the code in Leader/06 (Type of record) in the record for the related item.

a Language material
c Notated music
d Manuscript notated music
e Cartographic material
f Manuscript cartographic material
g Projected medium
i Nonmusical sound recording
j Musical sound recording
k Two-dimensional nonprojectable graphic
m Computer file
o Kit
p Mixed material
r Three-dimensional artifact or naturally occurring object
t Manuscript language material
/1 - Bibliographic level

Code indicating the bibliographic level of the related item. The code is the same as that in Leader/07 (Bibliographic level) in the record for the related item.

a Monographic component part
b Serial component part
c Collection
d Subunit
i Integrating resource
m Monograph/item
s Serial

$7 - Data provenance   [111/611/711]

See description of this subfield in Appendix J: Data Provenance Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

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


INPUT CONVENTIONS

Ambiguous Headings - See Appendix E: Ambiguous Headings.

Punctuation - Punctuation of the subelements of a heading is generally dictated by descriptive cataloging or subject heading system/thesaurus rules. These input conventions clarify MARC punctuation practices. Fields 111, 611, 711, and 811 end with a mark of punctuation or a closing parenthesis. If the final subfields are subfield $0, $2, $3, $4, or $5, the mark of punctuation or closing parenthesis precedes those subfields.

711 2#$aConvegno Santa Caterina in Finalborgo$n(1980 :$cCivico museo del Finale)
111 2#$aSymposium on the Underground Disposal of Radioactive Wastes$d(1979 :$cOtaniemi, Finland)$4fnd

Name portion of a name/subordinate body or name/title heading ends with a mark of punctuation. The mark of punctuation is placed inside a closing quotation mark.

711 2#$aInternational Congress of the History of Art$n(24th :$d1979 :$cBologna, Italy).$tAtti del XXIV Congresso internazionale di storia dell'arte.

Name or title portion followed by a subject subdivision does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the name or title portion ends with an abbreviation, initial/letter, or open date.

611 20$aVatican Council$n(2nd :$d1962-1965).$tActa synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II$vIndexes.
611 20$aCouncil of Constantinople$n(1st :$d381)$xHistory.

Spacing - No spaces are used in initialisms or personal name initials/letters.

111 2#$aJ.J. Sylvester Symposium on Algebraic Geometry$d(1976 :$cJohns Hopkins University)
111 2#$aWoman's Rights Convention$n(1st :$d1848 :$cSeneca Falls, N.Y.)
111 2#$aOlympic Games$n(22nd :$d1980 :$cMoscow, R.S.F.S.R.)
711 2#$aInternational SEG Meeting.

One space is used between preceding and succeeding initials if an abbreviation consists of more than a single letter.

111 2#$aPh. D. in Music Symposium$d(1985 :$cBoulder, Colo.)

Initial Articles - Initial articles (e.g., Het) occurring at the beginning of name heading fields are usually omitted in most languages (except when the intent is to file on the article).

111 2#$aLas Vegas Conference of Casino Owners$d(1985 :$cLas Vegas, Nev.)

Initial articles occurring at the beginning of the title and/or part portion of a name/title added entry (i.e. 611, 711, 811) are also omitted. Any diacritics and/or special characters occurring at the beginning of a field are retained. Note that such characters are usually ignored for purposes of sorting and filing.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Indicator 2 - Main entry/subject relationship [111] (BK, MU, SE) [OBSOLETE, 1990]

Values were: 0 (Main entry/subject relationship irrelevant), 1 (Main entry is subject).

Indicator 2 - Type of added entry [711]
0 - Alternative entry (BK, AM, CF, MP, MU, SE) [OBSOLETE, 1993]
1 - Secondary entry (BK, AM, CF, MP, MU, SE) [OBSOLETE, 1993]
1 - Printed on card (VM) [OBSOLETE, 1993]
3 - Not printed on card (VM) [OBSOLETE, 1993]
$a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element [REDEFINED, 1972]
$b - Number [OBSOLETE, 1980]

Definition of subfield $n was expanded to include meeting numbers and subfield $b was made obsolete.

$c - Location of meeting [CHANGED, 2014]

In 2014, subfield $c was made repeatable.

$d - Date of meeting [REDEFINED, 2017]

Subfield $d was redefined and made repeatable.

$g - Miscellaneous information [CHANGED, 2014]

In 2014, subfield $g was made repeatable.

$i - Relationship information [NEW, 2009]
$j - Relator term [NEW, 2006]
$n - Number of part/section/meeting [NEW, 1979]
$p - Part [REDEFINED, 1979]

In 1979, subfield $n was defined for numbers of parts/sections and subfield $p (Part) was redefined to include only names of parts/sections. Prior to that change, both the number and the name of a part were contained in one subfield $p.

$q - Name of meeting following jurisdiction name entry element [NEW, 1972]

Name of a meeting entered under a jurisdiction name was not separately subfield coded prior to the definition of subfield $q in 1972. At the same time, subfield $a was expanded to include a jurisdiction name as entry element.

$s - Version [CHANGED, 2017]

Subfield $s was made repeatable.

$w - Bibliographic record control number [NEW, 2007]
$x - International Standard Serial Number [811] [NEW, 2008]
$y - Data provenance [811] [NEW, 2022]
$0 - Authority record control number [NEW, 2007]
$0 - Authority record control number [REDEFINED, 2010]
$1 - Real World Object URI [NEW, 2017]
$2 - Source of heading or term [111/711/811] [NEW, 2019]

Subfield $2 was previously defined in field 611 only.

$3 - Materials specified [811] [NEW, 2008]
$4 - Relator code [RENAMED, 2017] [REDESCRIBED, 2017]

Subfield $4 was renamed and redescribed to allow for the recording of relationship URIs in addition to MARC and non-MARC codes.

$5 - Institution to which field applies [811] [NEW, 2010]
$7 - Control subfield [811] [NEW, 2013]
$7 - Data provenance [111/611/711] [NEW, 2022]

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