| COMARC/A | April | 2020 |
This field contains general data required for cataloguing records.
One-character code indicates a record cataloguing status. Subfield is mandatory.
| c | corrected or revised record The code is used when a record is finally corrected, i.e. without grammatical and content errors (see example 2). |
| d | deleted record The code indicates a record which is no longer valid. When a record is marked to be deleted, the ID of the authority record, which is used instead of deleted record, should be entered in subfield 001x (see example 3). |
| n | new record The code is set as default for each new record (see examples 1, 5, 6, 7). |
| r | split record Invalid record, which in subfield 001x contains IDs of records for entities, into which the record was split (see example 4). |
One-character code indicates the type of a record. Subfield is mandatory; default value depends on the selected input mask.
| x | authority record The code indicates a record containing a uniform (authority) access point entered in field 2XX. |
| y | reference record The code indicates a record containing a variant access point entered in field 2XX, which never functions as a heading in bibliographic records. The access point from the field 2XX also appears in field 4XX in one of the authority records. |
| z | general explanatory record The code indicates a record containing an explanatory access point entered in field 2XX. Such access point does not exist in 4XX fields of authority records. |
The code indicates the type of entity entered in field 2XX. Subfield is mandatory; default value depends on the input mask.
| a | personal name |
| b | corporate name |
| c | geographic name |
| e | family name |
| f | title |
| h | name/title |
| i | name/collective title |
| j | topical subject |
| l | form, genre or physical characteristics |
The code indicates the degree of completeness of the record. Subfield is not entered when the record is completed (i.e. contains all necessary data including variant and related access points).
If there are more authority records for the same entity (duplicates) in the authority database, we should determine the record which will be saved. The other records are marked to be deleted (code "d" – deleted record is entered in subfield 001a). The ID of the replacement record is entered in subfields 001x of the records that are marked to be deleted (see example 3).
If the authority record relates to several different entities with the same name, mark it as a split record if necessary (code "r" – split record is entered in subfield 001a); for each entity a new authority record should be created. IDs of all the new records should be entered in subfield 001x of the record having "r" code (see example 4).
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001 ⊔⊔ an bx ca g3 200 ⊔1 aHorvat bIrena (New, incomplete authority record.) *
001 ⊔⊔ ac bx ca 200 ⊔1 aHorvat bIrena f1965- (Corrected, complete authority record.) *
001 ⊔⊔ ad bx ca x<nnn> 200 ⊔1 aZagoričnik bIfigenija (A record which is marked to be deleted. There is an ID of the authority record in subfield x, which is used instead of that record.) *
001 ⊔⊔ ac bx ca 200 ⊔1 aSimonović bIfigenija (A record which shall be kept (ID=nnn).) *
001 ⊔⊔ ar bx ca x<nnn, mmm> 200 ⊔1 aBartol bTomaž (A record which is marked as split. IDs of new authority records are entered in subfield x.) *
001 ⊔⊔ an bx ca 200 ⊔1 aBartol bTomaž f1962- (New record (ID=nnn). ) *
001 ⊔⊔ an bx ca 200 ⊔1 aBartol bTomaž f1968- (New record (ID=mmm).) *
001 ⊔⊔ an bx cj g3 250 ⊔⊔ aProsto potapljanje (New, incomplete authority record.) *
001 ⊔⊔ an bx ce g3 220 ⊔⊔ aCeljski cplemiška rodbina (New, incomplete authority record.) *
001 ⊔⊔ an by cj 250 ⊔⊔ aEtnične skupine, ljudstva ipd. (Indija) (New, complete reference record.)