WorldCat Validation release notes, April 2023

Introduction

This release of changes to WorldCat Validation involves the following new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

New Features and Enhancements:
- OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced January 25-April 11, 2023
  - Classification Scheme Source Codes
  - Entity Type Source Codes
  - Frequency of Issue Code and Term Source Codes
  - Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes
  - Standard Identifier Source Codes
Bug Fixes:
- Correction of Validation for Bibliographic Field 535
- Correction of Validation for Bibliographic Field 851

These enhancements and fixes are the result of announcements of new MARC elements and codes by the Library of Congress as well as feedback and requests from members of the OCLC community.

New features and enhancements

OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced January 25-April 11, 2023

You may now use all new MARC Codes announced by the Library of Congress in the following LC Technical Notices:

Classification Scheme Source Codes

The following source code has been added to the Classification Scheme Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

bwlb - Landesbibliographie Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart : Württembergisch Landesbibliothek ; Karlsruhe : Badische Landesbibliothek) (https://www.statistik-bw.de/LABI/LABI.asp?K4=5&T4=S)

Entity Type Source Codes

The following source code has been added to the Entity Type Source Codes for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

rda - RDA entity

Frequency of Issue Code and Term Source Codes

The following source code has been added to the Frequency of Issue Code and Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

rdafr – RDA frequency (http://www.rdaregistry.info/termList/frequency/)

Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes

The following source code has been added to the Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

rdafr – RDA frequency (http://www.rdaregistry.info/termList/frequency/)

Standard Identifier Source Codes

The following source codes have been added to the Standard Identifier Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

kaken - Researcher Number of the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Program (Tokyo, Japan: National Institute of Informatics) (https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/en/index/)
ktga - Author ID of the Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts (Tokyo, Japan: National Institute of Japanese Literature) (https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp/?ln=en)
nii - Author Authority ID of NACSIS-CAT (Tokyo, Japan: National Institute of Informatics) (https://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/?l=en)

Bug fixes

Correction of Validation for Bibliographic Field 535

In Bibliographic field 535 (Location of Originals/Duplicates Note), an outdated validation relationship between obsolete First Indicator (Custodial Role) values and Leader/06 (Type of Record) value “p” (Mixed Materials) has been removed.

Correction of Validation for Bibliographic Field 851

In Bibliographic field 851 (Physical Location), subfield $g (Repository Location Code) is now correctly associated with the standard validation check applied to codes from the MARC Code List for Countries (http://www.loc.gov/marc/countries/).

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