COMARC/A Format for Authorities Data

PDFCOMARC/AApril2020

280 Authorized access point – form, genre or physical characteristics

This field contains a term or terms indicating the form, genre or physical characteristics used as an access point.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
280Authorized access point – form, genre or physical characteristicsnr
aEntry elementnr
xTopical subdivisionr
yGeographical subdivisionr
zChronological subdivisionr
9Language of the base access pointnr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

Subfields x, y and z are described in the Subdivisions chapter, and subfield 9 in the Control Subfields chapter.

280a Entry element

The term in the form prescribed by the subject system used.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

The field contains the preferred form of a form, genre or physical characteristics formulated in accordance with the subject system.

In the General List of Subject Headings (SGC), the subdivisions are used only in reference records.

RELATED FIELDS

152RULES
180CODED DATA FOR FORM, GENRE OR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
250AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT – TOPICAL SUBJECT
480VARIANT ACCESS POINT – FORM, GENRE OR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
580RELATED ACCESS POINT – FORM, GENRE OR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
780AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT IN OTHER LANGUAGE AND/OR SCRIPT – FORM, GENRE OR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

EXAMPLES

  1. 152⊔⊔brbgenr
    280⊔⊔aEmblem books yGermany z17th century
    (A form access point constructed according to Genre terms: thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing.)
  2. 152⊔⊔brbgenr
    280⊔⊔aDictionaries yFrench z18th century
    (French Dictionary published in 1770.)
  3. 152⊔⊔brbpap
    280⊔⊔aBritish marbled papers yGermany z17th century
    (The term indicating physical characteristics of the item constructed according to Paper terms: thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing.)
  4. 152⊔⊔brbtyp
    280⊔⊔aOld style types
  5. 152⊔⊔brbprov
    280⊔⊔aArmorial bookplates
  6. 152⊔⊔brbpri
    280⊔⊔aManuscript corrections
  7. *

    152⊔⊔bsgc
    280⊔⊔aRazstavni katalogi
  8. *

    152⊔⊔bsgc
    280⊔⊔aKitajske pravljice
  9. *

    152⊔⊔bsgc
    280⊔⊔aKvarteti (klavir, violine (3))
  10. *

    001⊔⊔an by cl
    152⊔⊔bsgc
    280⊔⊔aGlasba z20. stoletje
    (Reference record from the General List of Subject Headings (SGC).)