COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BDecember2020

517 Other variant titles

This field contains any other variant title not defined in fields 510516 or 518, e.g. binder's title, half title, slip case title, box title, partial title, subordinate title, etc.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
517Other variant titlesr
aVariant titlenr
eOther title informationr

Indicators

INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1Title significance indicator
0Title is not significant
1Title is significant
2Not defined

The value of the first indicator determines the creation of added entries in systems, in which they make catalogue slips. If the value of the indicator is set to "1", an added entry for the variant title is generated.

SUBFIELDS

517a Variant title

A variant title is entered without subtitles or statement of responsibility.

517e Other title information

Subtitles and other title information that appear alongside the variant title in subfield a.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

Notes related to this title should be entered in field 300 or 320.

RELATED FIELDS

510 -516SPECIFIC TYPE OF VARIANT TITLE
When the specific type of a variant title can be provided, data should be entered in fields 510 to 516.

EXAMPLES

  1. 5171⊔aScotland
    300⊔⊔aKnjigoveški naslov: Scotland
    (Since the cataloguing agency requires an added variant title entry, the value of the indicator is set to "1".)
  2. 5171⊔aGregorian chants from Hungary
    300⊔⊔aNaslov na kaseti: Gregorian chants from Hungary
    (The title proper on the title page of a cased item is Magyar Gregorianum.)
  3. 2001⊔aComputing engineering index
    300⊔⊔aZnan tudi kot: COMPENDEX
    5171⊔aCOMPENDEX
    (An index also known under an acronym.)
  4. *

    2001⊔aŠolski slikovni angleško-slovenski slovar
    300⊔⊔aNasl. v kolofonu: PONS šolski slikovni angleško-slovenski slovar
    5170⊔aPONS šolski slikovni angleško-slovenski slovar
    (A dictionary also known under a publisher's name.)
  5. *

    2000⊔a(Samo)percepcije mladih v polju političnega eizzivi za državljanstvo fMajda Hrženjak, Mojca Pajnik
    320⊔⊔aIzvleček ; Sintesi: (Auto)percezione dei giovani nel campo politico : sfide per la cittadinanza ; Summary: (Self)perception of the young in the political field : challenges for citizenship
    5170⊔a(Auto)percezione dei giovani nel campo politico esfide per la cittadinanza
    5170⊔a(Self)perception of the young in the political field echallenges for citizenship
    (Since the field 320 contains the title and subtitle of abstracts in Italian and English, both are also entered in the repeatable field 517.)