COMARC/A Format for Authorities Data

PDFCOMARC/AMarch2018

440 Variant access point – name/title

This field contains the variant access point for a form of name/title referred from.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
440Variant access point – name/titler
aNamenr
tTitlenr
jForm subdivisionr
xTopical subdivisionr
yGeographical subdivisionr
zChronological subdivisionr
2System codenr
3Record numbernr
5Relationship controlnr
8Language of cataloguingnr
9Language of the base access pointnr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

Subfields a and t are described at field 240, subfields j, x, y and z in the Subdivisions chapter, and subfields 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 in the Control Subfields chapter.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

The access point in field 440 is a variant or non-preferred form of the access point in the 2XX field, formulated in accordance with the national descriptive cataloguing rules or subject system.

RELATED FIELDS

240AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT – NAME/TITLE

EXAMPLES

  1. 240⊔⊔aShakespeare, William, 1564-1616 tHamlet
    440⊔⊔aShakespeare, William, 1564-1616 tTragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

  2. *

    240⊔⊔9lat aHerberstein, Žiga, 1486-1566 tRerum Moscoviticarum commentarii
    440⊔⊔9lat aHerberstein, Žiga, 1486-1566 tMoscovia
    (Record for the work Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii by Žiga Herberstein.)
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