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MARC 21 Concise Classification: Multiscript Records
This section describes and illustrates models for recording data in multiple scripts in MARC records. One script may be considered the primary script of the data content of the record, even though other scripts are also used for data content. (Note: ASCII is used for the structural elements of the record, and most coded data are also specified within the ASCII range of characters.) The general models for multiscript data that are followed with MARC 21 are described below.
Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red indicate changes made after
the 2003 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are
included
in the 2004 printed edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.
Multiscript Record Models
- Model A: Vernacular and transliteration.
- The regular fields may contain data in different scripts and in the vernacular or transliteration of the data. Fields 880 are used when data needs to be duplicated to express it in both the original vernacular script and transliterated into one or more scripts. There may be unlinked 880 fields.
Model B: Simple multiscript records.- All data is contained in regular fields and script varies depending on the requirements of the data. Repeatability specifications of all fields should be followed. Although the Model B record may contain transliterated data, Model A is preferred if the same data is recorded in both the original vernacular script and transliteration. Field 880 is not used.
Example Conventions
Although the data in the following records is taken from actual classification records, these records are included for illustration only and are not necessarily usable for classification purposes. The creator of the classification data is not specified in these sample records. Escape sequences are not included in the example records.
MODEL A - VERNACULAR AND TRANSLITERATION
The following example of a multiscript record follows Model A. In this example, field 153 is expressed in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts.
040 |
##$a***$brus$c*** |
084 |
0#$alcc[Library of Congress Classification] |
153 |
##$6880-01$aHA1$cHA4737$j[Caption in Cyrillic] |
880 |
##$6153-01/(B$aHA1$cHA4737$jStatistics |
The following example of a multiscript record follows Model A. In this example, field 153 is expressed in both Hebrew and Latin scripts. Note that the second 880 field is not linked to an associated field. The occurrence number here is 00.
The directionality of the Hebrew text in the examples is right-to-left within each subfield, but the subfields themselves have been recorded left-to-right. The actual input of all the data is in logical order (first-to-last), parts of which may be displayed in various directions depending upon the script and the display interface.
084 |
0#$alcc[Library of Congress Classification] |
153 |
##$6880-01$aPR1588$hEnglish literature$hAnglo-Saxon literature$hIndividual authors and works$hBeowulf$hCriticism$jLanguage, grammar, etc. |
730 |
00$aBeowulf$xLanguage$0(DLC)sh#85013267# |
880 |
##$6153-01/(2/r$a[Caption in Hebrew script linked to associated field] |
880 |
##$6680-00/(2/r$a[Scope note in Hebrew script] |
MODEL B - SIMPLE MULTISCRIPT RECORDS
This example is a multiscript record that follows Model B. In this example, the language of the textual portions of the record is Russian (Cyrillic script). However, the language of the coded information is English (Latin script).
040 |
##$a***$brus$c*** |
084 |
0#$addc$b[Title in Cyrillic]$c21 |
153 |
##$a006.31$h[Caption hierarchy in Cyrillic]$h[Caption hierarchy in Cyrillic]$j[Caption in Cyrillic] |
680 |
0#$i[Explanatory text in Cyrillic] |

