| COMARC/B | February | 2021 |
This field contains a term or terms indicating the form, genre and/or physical characteristics of the resource being described.
| INDICATOR | VALUE | MEANING |
| 1 | Name display indicator* | |
| ⊔ | No value | |
| 0 | Not displayed** | |
| 1 | Displayed in catalogues** | |
| 2 | Displayed in bibliographies** | |
| 3 | Displayed in catalogues and bibliographies** | |
| 2 | Not defined |
A term added to further specify the topic that the subject heading represents (see examples 2, 8, 9, 12).
A term to further specify a place in relation to the topic that the subject heading represents (see examples 1, 3, 4, 9).
A term to further specify the time period in relation to the topic that the subject heading represents (see examples 1, 2, 3, 4, 9).
A term to further specify the kind or genre of the material (see example 5).
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 609.
Identification number of an authority record for a form, genre and/or physical characteristics (see examples 7, 10, 11).
This subfield is generated automatically in the compatibility process of bibliographic and authority records that are marked to be deleted.
If field 609 is linked to such authority record, the identification number of the authority record, that is used instead of the "deleted" record, is entered automatically in subfield 3 during the compatibility process; the former content of subfield 3 is transferred into subfield 9.
This field contains data entered in accordance with the subject system used.
Subfield 6096 is used only when form, genre and/or physical characteristics are not linked to an authority record via subfield 6093.
| 606 | TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT |
| This field contains topical name used as subject. |
609 ⊔⊔ aEmblem books yGermany z17th century 2rbgenr (Form heading which has been chosen from the thesaurus for rare books.) 609 ⊔⊔ aDictionaries xFrench z18th century 2rbgenr (The item is a French dictionary published in 1770.) 609 ⊔⊔ aBritish marble papers (Paper) xGermany z17th century 2rbpap (A term specifying the physical characteristics of the item based on the thesaurus Paper terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing.) 609 ⊔⊔ aVellum bindings (Binding) yItaly z16th century 2rbbin 609 ⊔⊔ aChildren’s stories wPictorial works 2lc 609 ⊔⊔ aDetective and mystery stories 2gsafd 200 1⊔ aMartine à la montagne fconçu et réalisé par White Birds 609 ⊔⊔ 3FRBNF133189029 aJeux video (The item is a video game.) *
609 ⊔⊔ aKuharski recepti xMed 2NUK *
609 ⊔⊔ aKoledarji, stenski xKrajinske fotografije ySlovenija z2016 *
609 ⊔⊔ 314915688 aGlasba za kljunasto flavto 2SGC *
609 ⊔⊔ 31210728 aEnciklopedije in leksikoni 2SGC * COBISS.net
609 ⊔⊔ aLeksikoni xSociologija 2BH