COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BFebruary2021

604 Name and title used as subject

This field contains an author/title of a work, which is one of the subjects of the resource.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
604Name and title used as subjectr
aNamenr
tTitlenr
xTopical subdivisionr
yGeographical subdivisionr
wForm subdivisionr
zChronological subdivisionr
2System codenr
3Authority record numbernr
6Linking datanr
9Previous authority record number*nr

Indicators

INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1Not defined
2Form of name indicator*
⊔Not a conventional name/title for legal and religious texts
1Conventional name/title for legal and religious texts entered under country or other geographical name
2Conventional name/title for legal and religious texts entered under other form

The second indicator is entered only for subject headings for a conventional name/title for legal and religious texts. Value "1" is used for geographical names under jurisdiction, whereas value "2" is used for names of churches.

SUBFIELDS

604a Name

The name of the person, corporate body or family with primary responsibility for the resource entered in subfield t. When subfield a is a composite of more than one standard subfield, use punctuation to separate the elements.

604t Title

The title by which the work is known. When subfield t is a composite of more than one standard subfield, use ISBD punctuation to separate the elements.

604x Topical subdivision

A term added to further specify the topic that the subject heading represents (see example 4).

604y Geographical subdivision

A term to further specify a place in relation to the uniform name/title that the subject heading represents.

604z Chronological subdivision

A term to further specify the time period in relation to the uniform name/title that the subject heading represents.

604w Form subdivision

A term to further specify the kind or genre of the material.

6042 System code

Code of the system or subject heading list (thesaurus) from which the subject heading is derived. It is recommended that this subfield is always filled in in a field 604.

6043 Authority record number

Identification number of an authority record for a name and title (see examples 5, 6).

6046 Linking data

A two-digit number (01–99) for linking the 604 fields with the corresponding 964 fields.

6049 Previous authority record number*

This subfield is generated automatically in the compatibility process of bibliographic and authority records that are marked to be deleted.

If field 604 is linked to such authority record, the identification number of the authority record, that is used instead of the "deleted" record, is entered automatically in subfield 3 during the compatibility process; the former content of subfield 3 is transferred into subfield 9.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

This field is used for entering the name of a work in the form of a name/title used as a subject heading.

Subfield 6046 is used only when a name/title is not linked to an authority record via subfield 6043.

RELATED FIELDS

600PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
When only a personal name is the subject, field 600 is used.
601CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
When only a corporate body is the subject, field 601 is used.
602FAMILY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
When only a family is the subject, field 602 is used.
605TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
When only a title is the subject, field 605 is used.
4XXLINKING ENTRY BLOCK

EXAMPLES

  1. 604⊔⊔aBeethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. tSymphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor 2lc
  2. 604⊔⊔aOvid, 43B.C.-17 or 18. tMetamorphoses. Liber 2 2lc
  3. 604⊔⊔aUnited States. tConstitution. 1st Amendment. 2lc
  4. 604⊔⊔aCervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 tDon Quixote xIllustrations 2lc
  5. 604⊔⊔3456123789 aAquin, Hubert (1925-1977) tTrou de mémoire 2rameau

  6. *

    604⊔⊔325692163 aKogoj, Marij, 1892-1956 tČrne maske 2SGC
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