COMARC/A Format for Authorities Data

PDFCOMARC/ADecember2024

Subfield 2 – System Code

The subfield indicates descriptive cataloguing rules or subject system, to which the access point belongs. The subfield is used, when the subject system differs from the system, entered in the field 152.

The subfield can be used in fields 4XX and 7XX.

The following code values are defined:

bnfBibliothèque nationale de France (BNF)
gndGemeinsame Normdatei (GND)
lcLibrary of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
lcgftLibrary of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT)
meshMedical Subject Headings (MeSH)
nafLibrary of Congress/NACO Authority File (LC/NAF)
nsogiNuovo soggettario (NS)
ramRépertoire d'autorité-matière encyclopédique et alphabétique unifié (RAMEAU)
searsSears List of Subject Headings (Sears)
sgceCOBISS.SI General List of Subject Headings

Subfield 2 is also used in field 822 – Corresponding data in other systems (see example 2).

EXAMPLES

  1. *

    100⊔⊔ba cslv gba
    152⊔⊔bsgc
    215⊔⊔aSava (vodotok)
    715⊔⊔2sgce 8eng aSava River
    (Field 715 contains the English version of the name from field 215.)
  2. *

    152⊔⊔bsgc
    200⊔19slv aPahor bBoris f1913-2022
    822⊔22CONOR 3831587 aPahor, Boris, 1913-2022 d20240729