BibFormats

887  Non-MARC Information Field (R)

Record Type

BIB

Input Standards

Optional/Optional
1st Indicator  Undefined
blank character Undefined
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards
ǂa Tag of the foreign MARC field (NR) Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂ2 Source of data (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable

Definition

Data from non-MARC records for which there are no corresponding MARC 21 fields. Used for converting non-MARC records into the MARC 21 format.

1st Indicator

Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

blank character

Undefined

2nd Indicator

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

blank character

Undefined

Subfields

 
ǂa Tag of the foreign MARC field

The entire content of the non-MARC data including any tags or element names as encoded in the non-MARC information.

887     <PublicationDate>20000617</PublicationDate> ǂ2 onix
ǂ2 Source of data

The source of the data, either a schema or DTD reference. See Format Source Codes.

887     <Box><eastlimit>0</eastlimit><westlimit>180</westlimit></Box> ǂ2 dc

Indexing

Field 887 is not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 887.