COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BApril2020

532 Expanded title

This field contains the expanded form of the title proper or key title when they contain initials, acronyms, abbreviations, numerals or symbols that affect sorting.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
532Expanded titler
aExpanded titlenr

Indicators

INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1Title significance indicator
0Title is not significant
1Title is significant
2Type of expansion indicator
0Initials and acronyms
1Numeral
2Abbreviation
3Other

The second indicator specifies the reason for the expansion of the title. In the title, you can replace the initials or acronyms with the words they represent (see examples 2, 7), write out the numerals in full (see examples 4, 9, 10, 11), write the abbreviated words in full (see examples 1, 6) or expand other symbols, such as replace the "&" character with the word "and" or "et" (see examples 3, 5, 8). If a combination of conditions applies, use the higher value of the second indicator (see examples 3, 5). Use value "3" if the particular condition is unknown.

SUBFIELDS

532a Expanded title

The complete text of the expanded title.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

The field is used for entering the expanded form of any title proper or in the case of continuing resources key title (see examples 2, 3, 4). The expanded titles are searchable, and those with value "1" of the first indicator are also used for sorting titles in alphabetical lists, e.g. in bibliography indexes.

RELATED FIELDS

200aTITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY, Title proper
530KEY TITLE

EXAMPLES

  1. 53212aSaint Mirren Football Club centenary brochure
    (The title proper in field 200 is St. Mirren F. C. centenary brochure. The abbreviations in the title are expanded in field 532.)
  2. 53210aInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers transactions on aerospace and electronic systems
    (The title is IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems.)
  3. 53213aThirty-seven design and environment projects
    (The title 37 design & environment projects begins with a number and contains the "&" character. The value of the second indicator is "3", which denotes expanded symbols, etc. rather than "1", which denotes expanded numerals.)
  4. 53211aFive ways
    (The title is 5 ways.)
  5. *

    2001⊔a100 + 5 eživi zdravo, da boš živel bolje f[avtorji tekstov Samo Modic ... [et al.] gilustracije Bine Rogelj gfoto Egon Kaše]
    53213aSto plus pet
    (In the COBISS.SI system, it is obligatory to write out any title starting with a number in field 532. The value of the first indicator is "1".)
  6. *

    2001⊔aSt. Petersburg CD-Atlas eElektronski vir fproduced by AO Ingit
    53202aSaint Petersburg CD-Atlas
    (The value of the first indicator is "0" since the title in subfield 200a is used for sorting.)
  7. *

    2000⊔aDDR eLand, Volk, Wirtschaft in Stichworten fJohannes F. Gellert
    53200aDeutsche Demokratische Republik
  8. *

    2001⊔aHegel & the infinite ereligion, politics, and dialectic fedited by Slavoj Žižek, Clayton Crockett, Creston Davis
    53213aHegel and the infinite
    (Since you want to use the expanded form of the title for sorting, e.g. in the title index of a bibliography, the value of the first indicator is "1".)
  9. *

    2000⊔aŠtevilo 1 kot vsota in produkt ulomkov fJože Grasselli
    53201aŠtevilo ena kot vsota in produkt ulomkov
  10. *

    2001⊔a25 let KK Cerkno
    53211aPetindvajset let KK Cerkno
    53201aPetindvajset let Košarkarskega kluba Cerkno
    (For sorting, you want to use the title with the written-out number but not with the expanded acronym. For searching purposes, you can also enter field 532 with the written-out number and expanded acronym. In this case the value of the first indicator is "0".)
  11. *

    2001⊔aMojih prvih 1000 besed dMy first 1000 words
    53201aMojih prvih tisoč besed
    53201aMy first thousand words
    (In field 532 you can expand any title, not just the title from subfield 200a. In such cases the value of the first indicator is "0".)