COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BFebruary2021

608 Chronological term used as subject*

This field contains a term for specifying the time period used as a subject heading.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
608Chronological term used as subject*r
aEntry elementnr
xTopical subdivisionr
yGeographical subdivisionr
wForm subdivisionr
zChronological subdivisionr
2System codenr
6Linking datanr

Indicators

INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1Name display indicator*
⊔No value
0Not displayed**
1Displayed in catalogues**
2Displayed in bibliographies**
3Displayed in catalogues and bibliographies**
2Not defined

SUBFIELDS

608a Entry element

A term for the chosen time period in the form prescribed by the subject system used.

608x Topical subdivision

A term added to further specify the time period that the subject heading represents.

608y Geographical subdivision

A term to further specify a place in relation to the time period that the subject heading represents (see example 3).

608z Chronological subdivision

A term to further specify the time period that the subject heading represents.

608w Form subdivision

A term to further specify the kind or genre of the material (see example 3).

6082 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 608.

6086 Linking data

A two-digit number (01–99) for linking the 608 fields with the corresponding 968 fields.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

This field contains data entered in accordance with the subject system used.

RELATED FIELDS

606TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
This field contains a topical name used as subject.

EXAMPLES

  1. *

    608⊔⊔aBronasta doba xV mladinskem leposlovju 2NUK

  2. *

    608⊔⊔a11. september 2001 xV mladinskem leposlovju 2NUK
    (Subject heading for the book 11. september --- vse na tla pomeče.)

  3. * COBISS.net

    608⊔⊔aNeolit xArheološka istraživanja yHrvatska wZbornici
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