COMARC/A Format for Authorities Data

PDFCOMARC/AApril2020

210 Authorized access point – corporate body name

This field contains a corporate or meeting name access point.

Territorial names alone, which are used as author access points, are considered corporate body names (field 210). Territorial names, which are followed by a corporate body subdivision and which are used as author access points or as subject access points, are also considered corporate body names. Territorial names alone or only with subject subdivisions as additions, which are used as subject access points, are considered territorial names (field 215).

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
210Authorized access point – corporate body namenr
aEntry elementnr
bSubdivisionr
cAddition to name or qualifierr
dNumber of meetingnr
eLocation of meetingr
fDate of meetingnr
gInverted elementnr
hPart of name (not entry or inverted element)nr
xTopical subdivisionr
zChronological subdivisionr
7Script of the base access pointnr
9Language of the base access pointnr

Indicators

INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1The kind of corporate body
0corporate name
1meeting
2Form of name indicator
0name in inverted form
1name entered under place or jurisdiction
2name entered under name in direct order

The first indicator indicates whether the corporate body is a meeting (conference, symposium, etc.) or not. If the meeting is subordinated to the corporate body, specify it as a corporate name (see example 4).

The second indicator indicates the form or the type of entry of the corporate name.

SUBFIELDS

Subfields x and z are described in the Subdivisions chapter, and subfields 7 and 9 in the Control subfields chapter.

210a Entry element

The portion of the name used as the entry element in the access point that enables both search and sort within the catalogue. Subfield is mandatory.

210b Subdivision

The name of a lower level in a hierarchy when the name includes a hierarchy (see examples 1, 9) or the name of the corporate body which is subordinate to the governmental body (see examples 2, 7, 11). This subfield excludes additions to the name added by the cataloguer to distinguish it from other institutions of the same name (see examples c, g, h). Repeatable if there is more than one lower level in the hierarchy.

210c Addition to name or qualifier

Any addition to the name of the corporate body added by the cataloguer, other than number, place and date of meeting (see examples 3, 4, 8, 9, 12).

210d Number of meeting

The number of a meeting (see examples 4, 10).

210e Location of meeting

The place where a meeting was held when it is required as part of the access point (see examples 4, 5, 10).

210f Date of meeting

The date when a meeting was held when it is required as part of the access point (see examples 4, 5, 10).

210g Inverted element

Any part of the name of the corporate body which is removed from the beginning of the name in order to enter the corporate body under a word which is more likely to be sought. This subfield is more commonly used in variant access points (see example 4 at field 410).

210h Part of name (not entry or inverted element)

In a heading with an inverted element, the part of the name which is not the entry or inverted element.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

The field contains the preferred form of a corporate body name formulated in accordance with the national descriptive cataloguing rules or subject system.

The subfields forming the base access point that identify the corporate body name are a, b, g and h.

The field is repeatable in the COBISS systems that require catalogues in different scripts.

RELATED FIELDS

150CODED DATA FOR CORPORATE NAME
410VARIANT ACCESS POINT – CORPORATE BODY NAME
510RELATED ACCESS POINT – CORPORATE BODY NAME
710AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT IN OTHER LANGUAGE AND/OR SCRIPT – CORPORATE BODY NAME

EXAMPLES

  1. 21002aBrunel University. bEducation Liaison Centre
  2. 21001aOntario. bOffice of Arbitration
  3. 21002aPomorski muzej c(Kotor)
  4. 21002aLabour Party c(Great Britain). bConference d(72nd; f1972 ; eBlackpool, Lancashire)
  5. 21012aNorth Carolina Conference on Water Conservation f(1975 ; eRaleigh)
  6. 21002aChurch of England
  7. 21001aUnited States bArmy
  8. 21002aGoriški muzej cNova Gorica
    (A geographical name is added to the corporate body name as a qualifier.)
  9. 21002aGospodarska zbornica Slovenije bObmočna zbornica Zasavje cTrbovlje
    (A dependant corporate body which identifies itself with superior institution.)
  10. 21012aOrtopedski dnevi d19 f2001 eLjubljana
    (A meeting is determined by number, location and date of meeting.)
  11. 21001aSlovenija bSlovenska vojska
    (A corporate body is an agency of a governmental body.)
  12. *

    21002aAvrora ckrižarka
    (Record from the General List of Subject Headings (SGC).)