06. Tags and subfields with subfield indicators consisting of 3 characters – authority format - specifications per field

Introduction

On this page, we have grouped together authority format tags with a similar structure. Per category of tags, we have marked the subfield indicators consisting of three characters with green. You can also see that we have defined a default which is displayed when only two characters of the subfield indicators are present. The consequence of the latter is that the “default” punctuation, i.e. the most commonly used punctuation, is generated.
Initially, it may appear that there are many cases in which a subfield indicator of three characters must be used, but in fact you can summarize those to only a few situations that appear in different tags.

$a Surname and forenames/initials/prefixes

CBS MARC tag	PICA+ tag	Personal Name - tag description
M100	020A	Heading – Personal Name
M400	050A	See From Tracing – Personal Name
M500	060A	See Also From Tracing – Personal Name
M700	080A	Established Heading Linking Entry – Personal Name

Cataloguing format	Preceding punctuation sign	PICA+ format	Explanation / remarks
$a	A comma-space behind the surname will automatically generate PICA+ subfield $A.	$a, $A	CBS MARC 21 cataloguing format: $a Surname and forenames/initials/prefixes PICA+ format: $a Surname $A Forenames/initials/prefixes

Cataloguing format

Preceding punctuation sign

PICA+ format

Explanation / remarks

$a

A comma-space behind the surname will automatically generate PICA+ subfield $A.

$a, $A

CBS MARC 21 cataloguing format:
$a Surname and forenames/initials/prefixes

PICA+ format:
$a Surname
$A Forenames/initials/prefixes

$c Titles and words associated with name / Dates associated with a name

CBS MARC tag	PICA+ tag	Personal Name - tag description
M100	020A	Heading – Personal Name
M400	050A	See From Tracing – Personal Name
M500	060A	See Also From Tracing – Personal Name
M700	080A	Established Heading Linking Entry – Personal Name

Cataloguing format	Preceding punctuation sign	PICA+ format	Explanation / remarks
$c		$c	Titles and words associated with a name The default generated punctuation is ,_ i.e. comma-space (in combination with other punctuation).
($c	Opening parenthesis	$C	Dates associated with a name The generated punctuation is _( i.e. space-opening parenthesis (in combination with other punctuation).

Cataloguing format

Preceding punctuation sign

PICA+ format

Explanation / remarks

$c

Titles and words associated with a name

The default generated punctuation is ,_ i.e. comma-space (in combination with other punctuation).

($c

Opening parenthesis

$C

Dates associated with a name

The generated punctuation is _( i.e. space-opening parenthesis (in combination with other punctuation).

$d Date of meeting or treaty signing / $g Miscellaneous information

CBS MARC tag	PICA+ tag	Tag description
		Corporate Name
M110	020K	Heading – Corporate Name
M410	050K	See From Tracing – Corporate Name
M510	060K	See Also From Tracing – Corporate Name
M710	080K	Established Heading Linking Entry – Corporate Name
		Meeting Name
M111	020L	Heading – Meeting Name
M411	050L	See From Tracing – Meeting Name
M511	060L	See Also From Tracing – Meeting Name
M711	080L	Established Heading Linking Entry – Meeting Name
		Uniform Title
M130	021E	Heading – Uniform Title
M430	051E	See From Tracing – Uniform Title
M530	061E	See Also From Tracing – Uniform Title
M730	081E	Established Heading Linking Entry – Uniform Title

Cataloguing format	Preceding punctuation sign	PICA+ format	Explanation / remarks
)$d	Closing parenthesis	$D	Date of meeting or treaty signing A closing parenthesis (followed by additional punctuation) is generated.
$d		$d	Date of meeting or treaty signing The generated punctuation is dependent on the following subfield; but it will not be a closing parenthesis (followed by additional punctuation).
,$g	Comma	$G	Miscellaneous information The generated punctuation is in most cases ,_ i.e. comma-space (in combination with other punctuation).
:$g	Colon	$H	Miscellaneous information The generated punctuation is in most cases _:_ i.e. space-colon-space (in combination with other punctuation).
.$g	Period	$I	Miscellaneous information The generated punctuation is in most cases ._ i.e. period-space (in combination with other punctuation).
$g		$g	Miscellaneous information The generated punctuation is dependent on the preceding subfield. When you want to have control over the punctuation, you can use the three positions subfield indicators, mentioned above.

$n Number of part/section of a work / $p Name of part/section of a work

CBS MARC tag	PICA+ tag	Tag description
		Personal Name
M100	020A	Heading – Personal Name
M400	050A	See From Tracing – Personal Name
M500	060A	See Also From Tracing – Personal Name
M700	080A	Established Heading Linking Entry – Personal Name
		Corporate Name
M110	020K	Heading – Corporate Name
M410	050K	See From Tracing – Corporate Name
M510	060K	See Also From Tracing – Corporate Name
M710	080K	Established Heading Linking Entry – Corporate Name
		Meeting Name
M111	020L	Heading – Meeting Name
M411	050L	See From Tracing – Meeting Name
M511	060L	See Also From Tracing – Meeting Name
M711	080L	Established Heading Linking Entry – Meeting Name
		Uniform Title
M130	021E	Heading – Uniform Title
M430	051E	See From Tracing – Uniform Title
M530	061E	See Also From Tracing – Uniform Title
M730	081E	Established Heading Linking Entry – Uniform Title

Cataloguing format	Preceding punctuation sign	PICA+ format	Explanation / remarks
.$n	Period	$N	Number of part/section of a work The generated punctuation is ._ i.e. period-space
,$n	Comma	$O	Number of part/section of a work The generated punctuation is ,_ i.e. comma-space
$n		$n	Number of part/section of a work The default generated punctuation is ._ i.e. period-space.
.$p	Period	$P	Name of part/section of a work The generated punctuation is ._ i.e. period-space
,$p	Comma	$Q	Name of part/section of a work The generated punctuation is ,_ i.e. comma-space
$p		$p	Name of part/section of a work The default generated punctuation is ._ i.e. period-space.

Other tags and subfields

MARC tag	Tag description	CBS MARC tag	PICA+ tag	Cataloguing format	Preceding punctuation sign	PICA+ format	Explanation / remarks
020	International Standard Book Number	M020	015K
				:$c	Colon	$C	Terms of availability The generated punctuation is _:_ i.e. space-colon-space (in combination with other punctuation).
				$c		$c	Terms of availability The default generated punctuation is _:_ i.e. space-colon-space (in combination with other punctuation).
045	Time Period of Content	M045	016J
				-$b	Dash	$B	Formatted 9999 B.C. through C.E. time period (the second subfield $b when first indicator = 2 range of dates/times) The generated punctuation is - i.e. dash.
				$b		$b	Formatted 9999 B.C. through C.E. time period The default generated punctuation is _;_ i.e. space-semicolon-space.
				-$c	Dash	$C	Formatted pre-9999 B.C. time period (the second subfield $c when first indicator = 2 range of dates/times) The generated punctuation is -&n i.e. dash.
				$c		$c	Formatted pre-9999 B.C. time period The default generated punctuation is _;_ i.e. space-semicolon-space.