Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes
Introduction
Genre/Form Source Codes
Genre/Form Source Code Usage in MARC
and MODS/MADS
Introduction
Genre/Form Sources contains a list of
sources of terms and/or codes indicating the genre,
form, and/or physical characteristics of the materials
being described in bibliographic records and assigns a
code to each source. Sources include lists that contain
the following types of information:
- content types that indicate the form
of communication through which a work is
expressed. Examples include: cartographic
dataset, notated music, or text.
- media types that specify the general
type of intermediation device required to view, play,
run, etc., the content of a resource audio,
stereographic, or video.
- carrier types that specify the format
of the storage medium and housing of a resource.
Examples include audiocassette, microfiche, or online
resource.
- genre types designate the style or
technique of the intellectual content of textual
materials or, for graphic materials, aspects such as
vantage point, intended purpose, characteristics of the
creator, publication status, or method of
representation. Examples are: biographies,
catechisms, essays, hymns, or reviews.
- form and physical characteristic types
designate historically and functionally specific kinds
of materials distinguished by their physical character,
the subject of their intellectual content, or the order
of information within them. Examples are:
daybooks, diaries, directories, journals, memoranda,
questionnaires, syllabi, or time sheets.
The purpose of this list is to identify the vocabulary used in records. For code assignment, general structure, usage, and maintenance guidelines see Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes.
Many general subject lists and thesauri, such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings and the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, also contain controlled vocabularies for specifying genre/forms. Thus those general sources may also be used in usage elements identified for genre/form terms, with the appropriate source code (see Subject Heading and Term Source Codes). Only sources that are specific for genre/form are listed here.
Arrangement of the List
Entries in the list are arranged in alphabetical order by the code and consist of the source code followed by the bibliographic citation for the source documentation. The citations are linked to the online source for some codes.
Code Structure
Each code consists of a maximum of 12 lowercase alphabetic characters. Possible additions to codes are described in Source Codes.
Genre/Form Source Codes
- alett
- An alphabetical list of English text types (Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter) [pages 23-88 in: Text types and the history of English]
- amg
- Audiovisual material glossary (Dublin, OH: Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
- barngf
- Svenska ämnesord för barn - Genre/Form (Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket)
- bgtchm
- Basic genre terms for cultural heritage materials
- bellobv
- Gattungsbegriffe für Belletristik, Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Austrian Library Network (OBV)
- bdrc
- Buddhist Digital Resource Center
- buscxf
- Termos de xénero e forma en galego (Santiago de Compostela, Spain: Biblioteca da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
- cbk
- Centraal Bestand Kinderboeken
- cjh
- Center for Jewish History thesaurus
- coarrt
- COAR vocabulary for resource types
- dct
- Dublin Core list of resource types
- estc
- Eighteenth century short title catalogue, the cataloguing rules. New ed. (London: The British Library)
- fbg
- Films by genre (Jefferson, NC: McFarland)
- fgtpcm
- Form/genre terms for printed cartoon material (Bowling Green, OH: Consortium of Popular Culture Collections in the Midwest)
- ftamc
- Form terms for archival and manuscripts control (Stanford: The Research Libraries Group, Inc.) [Note: used prior to August 1991; term list subsumed by Art and Architecture Thesaurus at that time]
- gatbeg
- Gattungsbegriffe (Leipzig & Frankfort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
- gemppg
- Glossary of Early Modern Popular Print Genres ((Utrecht: Utrecht University))
- gmd
- Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules general material designation (Rule 1.1C)
- gmgpc
- Thesaurus for graphic materials: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
- gnd
- Gemeinsame Normdatei (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
- gnd-carrier
- Gemeinsame Normdatei: Datenträgertyp (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) [PDF]
- gnd-content
- Gemeinsame Normdatei: Beschreibung des Inhalts (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) [PDF]
- gnd-music
- Gemeinsame Normdatei: Musikalische Ausgabeform (Leipzig, Frankfurt: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) [PDF]
- gsafd
- Guidelines on subject access to individual works of fiction, drama, etc. (Chicago: American Library Association)
- gsso
- Gender, sex, and sexual orientation (GSSO) ontology
- gtlm
- Genre terms for law materials: a thesaurus (Littleton, CO: Rothman Pubs.)
- gtmm
- Robson, Diane; Yanowski, Kevin & Sassen, Catherine. Genre terms for makerspace materials (Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Libraries)
- gttg
- Robson, Diane; Yanowski, Kevin & Sassen, Catherine. Genre terms for tabletop games (Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Libraries)
- isbdcontent
- ISBD Area 0 (Content Form and Media Area) [content]
- isbdmedia
- ISBD Area 0 (Content Form and Media Area) [media]
- lcgft
- Library of Congress genre/form terms for library and archival materials (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)
- lobt
- Language of Bindings Thesaurus (London: University of Arts)
- marccategory
- MARC form category term list (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
- marcform
- MARC form of item term list (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
- marcgt
- MARC genre terms (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
- marcsmd
- MARC specific material form term list (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
- migfg
- Moving image genre-form guide (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, MBRS)
- mim
- Moving image materials: genre terms (Washington: Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress)
- msupplcont
- Supplementary content (Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office)
- mts
- Metatietosanasto (Helsinki: National Library of Finland)
- muzeukv
- MuzeVideo UK DVD and UMD film genre classification (London: Muze Europe Ltd)
- nbdbgf
- NBD Biblion Genres Fictie (Zoetermeer: NBD Biblion)
- ncrbs
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) broadcast standard (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.31.2]
- ncrcarrier
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) carrier types (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.16.0.2]
- ncrcontent
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) content types (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 5.1.3]
- ncrcpc
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) configuration of playback channels (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.29.7]
- ncrfs
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) font size (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.26.0.2]
- ncrft
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) file type (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.32.1]
- ncrmat
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) material (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.19.0.2]
- ncrmedia
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) media types (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.15.0.2]
- ncrpm
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) production method (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.22.0.2]
- ncrpo
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) polarity (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.27.0.2]
- ncrrm
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) recording medium (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.29.2]
- ncrtr
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) type of recording (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.29.1]
- ncrvf
- Nippon Cataloging Rules (2018 ed.) video format (Tokyo: National Diet Library) [Table 2.31.1]
- ndlgft
- National Diet Library in Japan genre/form terms for library materials (Tokyo: National Diet Library)
- ngl
- Newspaper genre list [online only] (Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Library Microform and Newspaper Collections)
- nimafc
- NIMA form codes (Bethesda, MD: National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
- nlggf
- National Library of Greece genre/form for library materials
- nmc
- Revised nomenclature for museum cataloging: a revised and expanded version of Robert C. Chenhall's system for classifying man-made objects (Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press)
- nom
- Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging = Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée (Rowman & Littlefield and Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage Information Network)
- nskzs
- Tezaurus za žanr ili oblik (Zagreb: Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjnica u Zagrebu)
- ntsf
- Norsk tesaurus for sjanger og form (Oslo : Nasjonalbiblioteket)
- nzcoh
- New Zealand choral and orchestral hire form and genre terms
- olacvggt
- OLAC Video Game Genre Terms
- proysen
- Prøysen: emneord for Prøysen-bibliografien (Oslo: Nasjonalbiblioteket) [deprecated]
- radfg
- Radio form / genre terms guide (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Recorded Sound Section)
- rbbin
- Binding terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [deprecated; use "rbmscv"]
- rbgenr
- Genre terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries) [deprecated; use "rbmscv"]
- rbmscv
- Controlled vocabulary for rare materials cataloging (Chicago: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries) [formerly RBMS controlled vocabularies]
- rbpap
- Paper terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [deprecated; use "rbmscv"]
- rbpri
- Printing & publishing evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [deprecated; use "rbmscv"]
- rbprov
- Provenance evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [deprecated; use "rbmscv"]
- rbpub
- Printing and publishing evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [deprecated; use "rbmscv"]
- rbtyp
- Type evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA) [deprecated; use "rbmscv"]
- rda
- Resource description and access (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA)
- rdaar
- RDA aspect ratio designation
- rdabf
- RDA bibliographic format
- rdabs
- RDA broadcast standard
- rdacarrier
- Term and code list for RDA carrier types
- rdacc
- RDA colour content
- rdaco
- RDA content type
- rdacontent
- Term and code list for RDA content types
- rdacpc
- RDA configuration of playback channels
- rdact
- RDA carrier type
- rdaep
- RDA extension plan
- rdafmn
- RDA form of musical notation
- rdafnm
- RDA format of notated music
- rdafr
- RDA frequency
- rdafs
- RDA font size
- rdaft
- RDA file type
- rdagen
- RDA generation
- rdagrp
- RDA groove pitch of an analog cylinder
- rdagw
- RDA groove width of an analog disc
- rdaill
- RDA illustrative content
- rdalay
- RDA layout
- rdamat
- RDA material
- rdamedia
- Term and code list for RDA media types
- rdami
- RDA mode of issuance
- rdamt
- RDA media type
- rdapf
- RDA presentation format
- rdapm
- RDA production method
- rdapo
- RDA polarity
- rdare
- RDA regional encoding
- rdarm
- RDA recording medium
- rdarr
- RDA reduction ratio designation
- rdasco
- RDA sound content
- rdaspc
- RDA special playback characteristic
- rdatb
- RDA type of binding
- rdatc
- RDA track configuration
- rdatr
- RDA type of recording
- rdavf
- RDA video format
- reveal
- REVEAL: fiction indexing and genre headings (Bath: UKOLN)
- rvmgf
- Thésaurus des descripteurs de genre/forme de l'Université Laval (Québec, Québec: Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval)
- saogf
- Svenska ämnesord - Genre/Form (Stockholm: Kungliga Biblioteket)
- sgp
- Svenska genrebeteckningar fr periodika (Stockholm: Kunglige Biblioteket)
- slm
- Suomalainen lajityyppi- ja muotosanasto
- tept
- Thesaurus of ephemera terms (Reading, England: Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading)
- tgfbne
- Términos de género/forma de la Biblioteca Nacional de España
- tgfc
- Termes de gènere i forma en català (Barcelona: Biblioteca de Catalunya)
- thema
- Thema (Editeur.org)
- tpro
- T-PRO Thesaurus der Provenienzbegriffe (Berlin: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz)
- vgmsgg
- Video game metadata schema: controlled vocabulary for gameplay genre (GAME Research (GAMER) Group)
- vgmsng
- Video game metadata schema: controlled vocabulary for narrative genre (GAME Research (GAMER) Group)
Genre/Form Source Code Usage in MARC and MODS/MADS
MARC 21 Formats and Fields
- Bibliographic records
- 655 $2 (Index Term - Genre/Form / Source of term)
- 336 $2 (Content Type / Source)
- 337 $2 (Media Type / Source)
- 338 $2 (Carrier Type / Source)
- 340 $2 (Physical Medium / Source)
- 344 $2 (Sound Characteristics / Source)
- 346 $2 (Video Characteristics / Source)
- 347 $2 (Digital File Characteristics / Source)
- 348 $2((Notated Music Characteristics / Source)
- Authority records
- 755 $2 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Genre/Form Term / Source of heading or term)
- 785 $2 (Subdivision Linking Entry - Form Subdivision / Source of heading or term)
- 336 $2 (Content Type / Source)
- 040 $f (Cataloging Source / Subject heading / thesaurus conventions
- Holdings records
- 337 $2 (Media Type / Source)
- 338 $2 (Carrier Type / Source)
- 347 $2 (Digital File Characteristics / Source)
MODS/MADS Elements
- mods: genre @authority
- mods: physicalDescription / form @authority
- mods: location / holdingSimple /
copyInformation / form @authority
- mads: authority / genre @authority
- mads: related / genre @authority
- mads: variant / genre @authority