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)

$i - Relationship information (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.

$3 - Materials specified (NR)

$4 - Relationship (R)

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

$7 - Data provenance (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix J: Data Provenance 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	##$aAuthorized
381	##$aarranged
381	##$aA-text
381	##$iEdition/version:$aC-text$4http://www.wikidata.org/entity/P9767
381	##$31942 version of original 1925 film, with audio$aSound version
381	##$3Goldberg variations$aarranged
381	##$iDesignation of version:$aDirector’s cut$a2000 version$4http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/e/P20572

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

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Subfield Codes

Examples