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Contents   Fixed field   0xx   1xx   2xx   3xx   4xx   5xx   6xx   7xx   8xx   9xx

556  Information About Documentation Note (R)

Input Standards

Optional/Optional
1st Indicator  Display constant controller
blank character  Documentation
8 No display constant generated
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character  Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards
a Information about documentation note (NR) Mandatory/Mandatory
z International Standard Book Number (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable


Definition

A note about the documentation of the described materials, such as code books that explain the contents and use of the file or a user's manual.

Use field 581 (Publications About Described Materials Note) if the note is about the analysis, study or use of the file.

1st Indicator

Display constant controller. A value that controls the generation of the display constant preceding the note.
blank character Documentation. The value that generates the display constant Documentation:.
556 "Technical Documentation for Computer Tapes, 1974 Census of Agriculture, County Reports and Miscellaneous Tables."
8 No display constant generated. The value that specifies that a display constant is not generated.
556 8 Documentation also available as FSWEC- 77/0387-1.

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank (blank character ).
blank character Undefined

Subfields

a Information about documentation note The entire text of the note.
556 1970 censuses of population file (A, B, or C) summary tape (sample). Arlington, Va. : Data Use and Access Laboratories, 1972. (Technical document ; no. ST-4P ).
556 BASIC reference. 3rd ed. Boca Raton, Fl. : IBM, c1984. (Personal computer hardware reference library); 6361132.
z International Standard Book Number The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) associated with the document.

Printing

Field 556 prints as a note. The 1st indicator controls display constants. See " 5xx Introduction" for more information.

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