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007 Physical Description Fixed Field (Unspecified) (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards
ǂa	Category of material (007/00) (NR)	Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂb	Specific material designation (007/01) (NR)	Mandatory/Mandatory

Definition

All formats

The physical characteristics of an unspecified category of material. 007 is valid in all formats so you can code for the physical characteristics of the parts of an item such as accompanying material.

Examples

007			z ǂb z
[Item is a model]

007			z ǂb m
[Item is a collection containing different material categories and separate 007 fields are not being input for the various components]

1st Indicator

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

	Undefined

2nd Indicator

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

	Undefined

Subfields

ǂa Category of material

A one-character alphabetic code that indicates the category of material to which the item belongs is unspecified.

z

Unspecified. The category of material to which the item belongs is unspecified, which means that the item is not identified by one of the other 007 code values or that its multiple physical forms are not being specifically denoted (for instance, when the item in hand is a collection containing different material categories and an institution chooses not to input separate 007 fields for the various components).

ǂb Specific material designation

A one-character alphabetic code that describes the special class of material (usually the class of physical object) to which an item belongs.

m	Multiple physical forms. Multiple physical forms are involved.
u	Unspecified. The physical form of the item is not specified.
z	Other. None of the other codes is appropriate.

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 007.

For information on the relation of material types to RDA terms and codes, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, RDA Terms and Codes.

For information on material type indexing in various OCLC services, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, Material Type (includes links in Notes row to RDA terms and codes and Format or Document codes and values).

For information on material type names and codes (based mainly on the Leader, 006, 007, 008), see Searching WorldCat Indexes, Material Type Names and Codes.

This page last revised: October 13, 2017

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