881  Manifestation Statements (R)

A statement appearing in a manifestation and deemed to be significant for users to understand how the manifestation represents itself. Subfield ǂa contains general manifestation statements as well as manifestation statements which do not fall into the more specific subfields ǂb to ǂn.

A manifestation statement about a code, number, or other string, usually independent of natural language and social naming conventions, used to identify a work, expression, or manifestation. A statement includes any or all of fingerprint, plate and publisher number for notated music, ISSN of series or subseries, or other identifier for manifestation.

A manifestation statement about the titles of a manifestation and the names of agents who are responsible for the content of an expression that is embodied by a manifestation. A manifestation title and responsibility statement includes any kind of title or statement of responsibility that is associated with the content of the manifestation, but does not include a title or statement of responsibility that is associated with an edition, revision, or series that is related to the manifestation.

A manifestation statement about an edition to which a manifestation belongs. A statement includes any or all of designation of edition or named revision of edition, or a statement of responsibility relating to an edition or revision.

A manifestation statement about data relating to the inscription, fabrication, construction, etc., of an unpublished manifestation. A statement includes any or all of place or date of production or name of producer.

A manifestation statement about the publication, release, or issuing of a manifestation. A statement includes any or all of place or date of publication or name of publisher.

A manifestation statement about data relating to the distribution of a published manifestation. A statement includes any or all of place or date of distribution or name of distributor.

A manifestation statement about data relating to the printing, duplicating, casting, etc., of a published manifestation. A statement includes any or all of place or date of manufacture or name of manufacturer.

A manifestation statement about a date associated with a claim of protection under copyright or a similar regime. Copyright dates include phonogram dates associated with claims of protection for audio recordings.

A manifestation statement about an interval at which the manifestations of parts, issues, or iterations of a diachronic work are issued.

A manifestation statement about the numbering of a sequence of manifestations of the individual parts or iteration of a manifestation or parts or issues of a work. A statement includes an alphanumeric or chronological designation.

A manifestation statement about a series that is associated with the manifestation and a numbering of a manifestation within the series. A manifestation series statement includes any or all of title of series, other title information of series, statement of responsibility relating to series, ISSN, or numbering within sequence.

A manifestation statement about data relating to thesis and other dissertation information. A statement includes any or all of a degree title, year of award, or granting institution.

A manifestation statement about a designation for one or more regions of the world for which a videodisc or video game carrier has been encoded, indicating that playback is restricted to a device configured to decode it.

For information about subfield ǂ3, see Control Subfields.

Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not manually add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields.

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Punctuation

For records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:

• Optionally, follow an initial subfield ǂ3 by a colon-space or a space-colon-space if following an open date
• Optionally, include separating punctuation between components of a statement in subfield ǂa prescribed by cataloging instructions (e.g., use \\ or any suitable punctuation)
  
• Optionally, precede subfields ǂb, ǂc, ǂd, ǂe, ǂf, ǂg, ǂh, ǂi, ǂj, ǂk, ǂl, ǂm, and ǂn by separating punctuation prescribed by cataloging instructions (e.g., use \\ or any suitable punctuation)
  
• Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
• Optionally, add a terminal period at the end of the field unless the last subfield ends with an ellipsis or period (following an abbreviation or initial)

For records containing minimal or no punctuation, follow these instructions:

• Optionally, include separating punctuation between components of a statement in subfield ǂa prescribed by cataloging instructions (e.g., use \\ or any suitable punctuation)
  
• Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.

For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation.