MARC21 records

This page provides a full description of OpenEdition MARC21 records metadata structure, i.e. mapping between MARC21 fields & subfields and OpenEdition bibliographic metadata.

Books

Available fields

The following fields are used for books description : 001, 003, 005, 007, 008, 020, 040, 041, 100, 245, 260, 300, 500, 520, 650, 700, 760, 776, 856

Fields description

Field Indicator Subfield Metadata description
001     Record identifier (see the Overview section of this documentation for details about OpenEdition Marc records identification)
003     Cataloging agency: always contains FrMaCLE
005     Online publication date (YYYYMMDD)
007     Physical characteristics of electronic resource. Always contains string cu ||||||m|||| (unspecified electronic resource, multiple file formats available)
008     Control field
020   a Electronic ISBN
040   a Cataloging agency: always contains FR-FrMaCLE
041   a Publication language (ISO 639-2 code)
100 1_ name entered under surname a Main contributor
245 0X where X stands for the number of nonfiling characters a Book title
b Book subtitle (optional subfield)
c Head of publication or scientific editor
260   a Place of publication or [S.I.] if data not available
c Publishing institution or publisher’s name
d Online publication year
300   a Number of pages, followed by a whitespace and p. (optional field)
500   a General note on material: always contains Ebook
520   a Book abstract (limited to 2000 characters length)
650 _4 level of subject not specified, thesaurus not specified a Controlled category (Thomson Institute for Scientific Information classification): one 650 field for each category.
Uncontrolled subject terms: keywords. One 650 field for each keyword.
700 1_ name entered under surname a Contributors: author, head of publication, scientific editor, translator. One 700 field per contributor.
760 0_ display note x Electronic ISSN (optional field)
776   z Print ISBN (optional field)
856 4_ access method: HTTP e Author
u Uniform Resource Identifier
y Display title for 856$u (equals 245$a)

Journals

Available fields

The following fields are used for journals description : 008, 022, 040, 041, 245, 256, 260, 520, 856

Fields description

Field Indicator Subfield Metadata description
008     Record identifier (see the Overview section of this documentation for details about OpenEdition Marc records identification)
022   a Electronic ISSN
040   a Cataloging agency: always contains FR-FrMaCLE
041   a Publication language (ISO 639-2 code)
245 00 a Publication title
256   a Electronic resource characteristics: always contains Données informatiques
260   b Publishing institution or publisher’s name (or [s.n.] if no data available)
520   a Journal’s presentation
856   u Uniform Resource Identifier
y Display title for 856$u (equals 245$a)

Journals issues

Available fields

The following fields are used for journals issues description : 001, 003, 005, 007, 008, 040, 100, 245, 260, 650, 700, 760, 856

Fields description

Field Indicator Subfield Metadata description
001     Record identifier (see the Overview section of this documentation for details about OpenEdition Marc records identification)
003     Cataloging agency: always contains FrMaCLE
005     Online publication date (YYYYMMDD)
007     Physical characteristics of electronic resource. Always contains string cu ||||||m|||| (unspecified electronic resource, multiple file formats available)
008     Control field
040   a Cataloging agency: always contains FR-FrMaCLE
100 1_ name entered under surname a Head of publication or first author
245 0X where X stands for the number of nonfiling characters a Journal issue title
b Journal issue subtitle (optional subfield)
260   b Publishing institution or publisher’s name
c Publication year
650 _4 level of subject not specified, thesaurus not specified a Uncontrolled subject terms: keywords. One 650 field for each keyword. (optional field)
700 1_ name entered under surname a Name of contributor: one 700$a subfield per contributor
e Contributor’s function: always contains author
760 0_ display note x Electronic ISSN
856 4_ access method: HTTP u Uniform Resource Identifier
y Display title for 856$u (equals 245$a)