COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BDecember2020

900 Personal name - primary intellectual responsibility*

This field contains a variant heading, i.e. variant or unadopted form of author's name entered in field 700.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
900Personal name - primary intellectual responsibility*r
aEntry elementnr
bPart of name (not entry element)nr
cAdditions to name (not dates)r
dRoman numeralsnr
fDatesnr
sScriptnr
zUnique name form**nr
3Authority record numbernr
5Relationship controlnr
9Languagenr

Indicators

The meaning of the indicators in fields that are connected to the authority database is different from that in fields that are not connected with the authority database.

Indicators in fields linked to the authority database
INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1Name display indicator
No value (displayed in personal bibliography)
2Not displayed in personal bibliography
2Form of name indicator
0Name entered under forename or direct order
1Name entered under surname (family name, patronymic, etc.)

The value of the indicator 1 is taken automatically from field 700. The value of the indicator 2 is taken automatically from field 400 of the authority record.

Indicators in fields not linked to the authority database
INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1
2Form of name indicator
0Personal name or name and surname – etymological form
1Personal name or name and surname – phonetic form
2Personal name or name and surname – pseudonym
3Surname and name – etymological form
4Surname and name – phonetic form
5Surname and name – pseudonym
6Double surname
8Initials
9Other

The indicator 2 specifies the type of author's variant name entered in field 900 (see examples 610).

SUBFIELDS

900z Unique name form**

This subfield was used for displaying the whole reference card from field 900.

9005 Relationship control

A code is entered indicating the relationship between the variant and uniform heading (see examples 1, 2, 4, 5). The following codes are used:

epseudonym
freal name
iname in religion
jmarried name
kname before marriage
lshared pseudonym
msecular name
zother
9009 Language

A code indicates the language of the variant heading base part when it is different from the language of the uniform heading base part (see examples 2, 3, 11).

Instructions described at field 700 are also valid for all other subfields (see field 700).

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

If there are more variant headings, field 900 may be repeated (see examples 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11).

RELATED FIELDS

200fTITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY, First statement of responsibility
Data is entered in field 200 as they appear on the item.
700PERSONAL NAME – PRIMARY INTELLECTUAL RESPONSIBILITY
The uniform heading for the author recorded in field 900.

EXAMPLES

  1. *

    2000⊔aZa sončno damo fVintgarski
    700⊔031242211 aVintgarski 4070
    900⊔131242211 5f aŽumer bViktor
    (Author's real name is Viktor Žumer.)
  2. *

    2000⊔aApostolsko pismo o družini fJanez Pavel II.
    700⊔03427875 aJoannes Paulus dII cpapež 4070
    900⊔03427875 9slv aJanez Pavel dII cpapež
    900⊔13427875 5m aWojtyła bKarol
    (When there are more variant headings field 900 is repeated.)
  3. *

    2000⊔a≠The ≠property rights school eis economic ownership the missing link? fAlexander Bajt
    700⊔131568099 aBajt bAleksander 700547 4070 84-048
    900⊔131568099 aBajt bA.
    900⊔131568099 9scr aBajt bAleksandar
    900⊔131568099 9eng aBajt bAlexander
    (Both Serbian and English forms of the author's name are entered in fields 900.)
  4. *

    2000⊔aPrimerjava različnih postopkov sušenja sadja ediplomska naloga fIrma Bizjak
    700⊔132490211 aKoren bIrma 705763 4070
    900⊔132490211 5k aBizjak bIrma
    900⊔132490211 5z aKoren bI.
  5. *

    2000⊔aUporaba sedativa ob analgetiku pri neintubiranem bolniku dConscious sedation fMiša Hribar-Habinc
    700⊔13366435 aHribar-Habinc bMiša 4070
    900⊔13366435 5z aHabinc bMiša Hribar-
  6. * COBISS.net

    2000⊔aRuža tmice dRose of darkness fMelika Salihbeg Bosnawi
    700⊔1aSalihbeg Bosnawi bMelika 4070
    900⊔6aBosnawi bMelika Salihbeg
    900⊔9aSalihbegović bMelika
    (When there are more variant headings, field 900 is repeated. In case of author's double surname, the value of the indicator 2 is set to "6", and for the author's maiden name the value of the indicator 2 is set to "9".)
  7. * COBISS.net

    2000⊔aFrancuski jezik etekstovi za III i IV razred usmerenog obrazovanja mašinske i mašinsko-energetske struke fNadežda Icić-Krpan
    700⊔1aIcić-Krpan bNadežda 4070
    900⊔6aKrpan bNadežda Icić-
  8. * COBISS.net

    2000⊔aEzopove basne fEsop
    700⊔0aAesopus 4070
    900⊔1aEsop
    900⊔1aEzop
    (For the phonetic form of the author's name the value of the indicator 2 is set to "1".)
  9. * COBISS.net

    2000⊔aMit o Sizifu e[ogled o apsurdu] fAlber Kami gprevela sa francuskog Vesna Injac
    700⊔1aKami bAlber 4070
    70201aInjac bVesna 4730
    900⊔3aCamus bAlbert
    (For the etymological form of the author's name the value of the indicator 2 is set to "3".)
  10. * COBISS.net

    2000⊔aBesudni dani e(roman) fPavle Ugrinov
    700⊔1aUgrinov bPavle 4070
    900⊔9aPopović bVasilije
    (For the author's real name the value of the indicator 2 is set to "9".)
  11. * COBISS.net

    2000⊔aНемили-недраги eповест fИван Вазов g[ил. Борис Николов Стоилов]
    700⊔13299877 sca aВазов bИван Минчов f1850-1921 4070
    700⊔13299877 sba aVazov bIvan Minčov f1850-1921 4070
    900⊔13299877 aВазов bИван Минчев f1850-1921
    900⊔13299877 aВазов bИван f1850-1921
    900⊔13299877 aВазов bИв. f1850-1921
    900⊔13299877 aВазов bИ. f1850-1921
    900⊔13299877 5e aГабровски bT. f1850-1921
    900⊔03299877 5e aПейчин f1850-1921
    900⊔13299877 sca 9ukr aВазов bЇван f1850-1921
    900⊔13299877 sba 9ger aWazow bIwan f1850-1921
    (The record from the system with the authority control implemented, where parallel catalogues in Latin and Cyrillic script are maintained. Fields 900 contain author names in Ukrainian and German languages.)