TECHNICAL NOTICE (October 04, 2019)
Additions to Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
The source codes listed below have been recently approved.
The codes will be added to the applicable
Source Codes for
Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists.
See the specific source code lists for current usage
in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements.
The codes should not be used in exchange records until 60 days
after the date of this notice to provide implementers time to
include newly-defined codes in any validation tables.
Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes
The following source codes have been added to the
Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes list for usage in
appropriate fields and elements.
- Additions:
- ncrbs - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) broadcast standard (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrcarrier - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) carrier types (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrcontent - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) content types (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrcpc - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) configuration of playback channels (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrfs - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) font size (Tokyo:
National Diet Library)
- ncrft - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) file type (Tokyo:
National Diet Library)
- ncrmat - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) material (Tokyo:
National Diet Library)
- ncrmedia - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) media types
(Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrpm - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) production method (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrpo - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) polarity (Tokyo:
National Diet Library)
- ncrrm - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) recording medium (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrtr - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) type of recording (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ncrvf - Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) video formats (Tokyo:
National Diet Library)
- ndlgft - National Diet Library in Japan genre/form terms for library materials (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
Language Code and Term Source Codes
The following source code has been added to the
Language Code and Term Source Codes list list for usage in
appropriate fields and elements.
- Addition:
- walso - The world atlas of language structures online
Subject Heading and Term Source Codes
The following source code has been added to the
Subject Heading and Term Source Codes list for usage in
appropriate fields and elements.
- Addition:
- homoit - Homosaurus: an international LGBTQ linked data vocabulary
The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office provides
information about existing and newly assigned MARC codes on its Web site
(www.loc.gov/marc/) as well
as notices such as these to subscribers to its MARC listserv.
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