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MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Control Field 007
- 007--PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION (R)
- 007--MAP
- 007--ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
- 007--GLOBE
- 007--TACTILE MATERIAL
- 007--PROJECTED GRAPHIC
- 007--MICROFORM
- 007--NONPROJECTED GRAPHIC
- 007--MOTION PICTURE
- 007--KIT
- 007--NOTATED MUSIC
- 007--REMOTE-SENSING IMAGE
- 007--SOUND RECORDING
- 007--TEXT
- 007--VIDEORECORDING
- 007--UNSPECIFIED
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.
007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION (R)
This field contains special information about the physical characteristics in a coded form. The information may represent the whole item or parts of an item such as accompanying material.
The data elements in field 007 are positionally defined and the number of character positions in field 007 depends upon the code contained in 007/00. Character position 00 contains a code that identifies the category of material. The fill character (|) is not allowed in this position. The fill character may be used in any other character position when the cataloging agency makes no attempt to code the position.
The categories of material for which field 007 is applicable in bibliographic records are presented in the following order in the field description: map, electronic resource, globe, tactile material, projected graphic, microform, nonprojected graphic, motion picture, kit, notated music, remote-sensing image, sound recording, text, videorecording, and unspecified.
007--MAP
Cartographic materials other than globes.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- a - Map
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of cartographic material to which the item belongs.- d - Atlas
- g - Diagram
A map characterized by simplified, or schematic, representation.
- j - Map
A two-dimensional map.
- k - Profile
A scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground or of a three-dimensional model of phenomena having continuous distribution.
- q - Model
A three-dimensional representation of a real object.
- r - Remote-sensing image
An image produced by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object under study.
- s - Section
A scaled representation of a vertical surface displaying both the intersection profile and the underlying structures.
- u - Unspecified
- y - View
A perspective representation of the landscape shown as though it were projected onto an oblique plane.
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Color
Indicates whether the item is one color or multicolored.- a - One color
- c - Multicolored
- | - No attempt to code
- 04 - Physical medium
Indicates the material out of which the item is made.- a - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- b - Wood
Includes particle board, but may or may not include other materials based on wood particles or fibers.
- c - Stone
- d - Metal
- e - Synthetic
Includes all man-made substances other than textiles.
- f - Skin
Does not include synthetic materials that resemble animal skin.
- g - Textile
Includes all natural or synthetic fiber fabrics.
- j - Glass
- p - Plaster
Includes mixtures of ground solids and plaster.
- q - Flexible base photographic, positive
The material is a flexible base photographic medium designed to render a positive image.
- r - Flexible base photographic, negative
The material is a flexible base photographic medium designed to render a negative image.
- s - Non-flexible base photographic, positive
The material is a non-flexible base photographic medium designed to render a positive image.
- t - Non-flexible base photographic, negative
The material is a non-flexible base photographic medium designed to render a negative image.
- u - Unknown
- y - Other photographic medium
Indicates a photographic medium other than those covered by one of the more specific codes q, r, s, and t.
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Paper
- 05 - Type of reproduction
Indicates whether the item is a facsimile or other type of reproduction.- f - Facsimile
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 06 - Production/reproduction details
Indicates the photographic technique used to produce the item.- a - Photocopy, blueline print
A blueline image on a white background made and reproduced by the white print process.
- b - Photocopy
- c - Pre-production
- d - Film
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Photocopy, blueline print
- 07 - Positive/negative aspect
Indicates the positive/negative polarity of the photocopy or film.- a - Positive
Lines and characters are dark on light background.
- b - Negative
Lines and characters are light on dark background.
- m - Mixed polarity
A mixture of positive and negative images.
- n - Not applicable
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Positive
007--ELECTRONIC RESOURCE
Used for all electronic resources (i.e., programs, data files, etc.) which usually consists of digitized machine-readable data or program code intended to be accessed, processed, or executed by computer.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- c - Electronic resource
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the class of material (usually the class of physical object) to which an item belongs (e.g., a magnetic disk).- a - Tape cartridge
- b - Chip cartridge
- c - Computer optical disc cartridge
- f - Tape cassette
- h - Tape reel
- j - Magnetic disk
- m - Magneto-optical disc
- o - Optical disc
- r - Remote
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Color
Indicates whether the item is one color or multicolored.- a - One color
- b - Black-and-white
- c - Multicolored
- g - Gray scale
- m - Mixed
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 04 - Dimensions
Indicates the dimensions of the item.- a - 3 1/2 in.
- e - 12 in.
- g - 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- i - 1 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.
- j - 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- n - Not applicable
- o - 5 1/4 in.
- u - Unknown
- v - 8 in.
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Sound
Indicates whether the production of sound is an integral part of an electronic resource.- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Sound on medium
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 06-08 - Image bit depth
A three-character number specifying the exact bit depth of the scanned image(s) that comprise the electronic resource, or a three-character alphabetic code which indicates that the exact bit depth cannot be recorded. Since the exact bit depth is useful, coding should not include missing digits represented by hyphens (-). Three fill characters (|||) are used when no attempt has been made to code this data element.- 001-999 - Exact bit depth
- mmm - Multiple
- nnn - Not applicable
- --- - Unknown
- ||| - No attempt to code
- 09 - File formats
Indicates whether the file(s) which comprise the electronic resource are of the same format or type for digitally reformatted materials.- a - One
- m - Multiple
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 10 - Quality assurance target(s)
Indicates whether quality assurance targets have been included appropriately at the time of reformatting/creation.- a - Absent
- n - Not applicable
- p - Present
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 11 - Antecedent/source
A one-character code which gives information about the source of a digital file important to the creation, use and management of digitally reformatted materials.- a - File reproduced from original
- b - File reproduced from microform
- c - File reproduced from an electronic resource
- d - File reproduced from an intermediate (not microform)
- m - Mixed
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 12 - Level of compression
Indicates the kind of compression to which the electronic resource has been subjected.- a - Uncompressed
- b - Lossless
- d - Lossy
- m - Mixed
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 13 - Reformatting quality
Indicates the reformatting quality; an overall assessment of the physical quality of the electronic resource in relation to its intended use. It can be used to judge the level of quality of a file, and an institution's commitment to maintain its availability over time.- a - Access
Indicates that the electronic resource is of a quality that will support current, electronic access to the original item, but not sufficient to serve as a preservation copy.
- n - Not applicable
- p - Preservation
Indicates that the electronic resource was created via reformatting to help preserve the original item.
- r - Replacement
Indicates that the electronic resource is of very high quality and, when printed out, viewed on screen or played via a listening device, could serve as a replacement should the original be lost, damaged, or destroyed.
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Access
007--GLOBE
A model of a celestial body depicted on the surface of a sphere. See the descriptions of character positions /01-05 under 007 MAP.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- d - Globe
- 01 - Specific material designation
- a - Celestial globe
A model relating to the sky of visible heavens.
- b - Planetary or lunar globe
Does not include a globe of planet Earth.
- c - Terrestrial globe
- e - Earth moon globe
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Celestial globe
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Color
- a - One color
- c - Multicolored
- | - No attempt to code
- 04 - Physical medium
- a - Paper
- b - Wood
- c - Stone
- d - Metal
- e - Synthetic
- f - Skin
- g - Textile
- p - Plaster
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Type of reproduction
- f - Facsimile
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
007--TACTILE MATERIAL
When field 007/00 contains code f, it contains special coded information about the physical aspects of material that is intended to be read by touch.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- f - Tactile material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of tactile material to which the item belongs.- a - Moon
- b - Braille
- c - Combination
- d - Tactile, with no writing system
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03-04 - Class of braille writing
Indicates the family of braille to which the item belongs. This is not the particular braille code, but the type of braille code used, representing different types of written symbols. Up to two braille types may be indicated, or the cataloging agency may choose to encode only the predominant type. Multiple codes are coded in order of predominance. If fewer than two codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and unused positions contain blanks (#).- # - No specified class of braille writing
- a - Literary braille
- b - Format code braille
- c - Mathematics and scientific braille
- d - Computer braille
- e - Music braille
- m - Multiple braille types
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Level of contraction
Indicates whether contractions are used.- a - Uncontracted
- b - Contracted
- m - Combination
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 06-08 - Braille music format
A three-character code that indicates the braille music format of the item. The music formats are the way measures, sections, parts, and related information, such as words, are presented in relation to each other. Up to three formats may be indicated, left justified in order of predominance. If fewer than three codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and unused positions contain blank (#). Three fill characters are used when no attempt has been made to code this data element.- # - No specified braille music format
- a - Bar over bar
- b - Bar by bar
- c - Line over line
- d - Paragraph
- e - Single line
- f - Section by section
- g - Line by line
- h - Open score
- i - Spanner short form scoring
- j - Short form scoring
- k - Outline
- l - Vertical score
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 09 - Specific physical characteristics
- a - Print/braille
- b - Jumbo or enlarged braille
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
007--PROJECTED GRAPHIC
A two-dimensional representation intended to be projected without motion by means of an optical device.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- g - Projected graphic
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of projected graphic to which the item belongs.- c - Filmstrip cartridge
- d - Filmslip
A short filmstrip that is not in a roll.
- f - Other filmstrip type
- o - Filmstrip roll
- s - Slide
Includes modern stereographs.
- t - Transparency
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of the projected graphic.- a - One color
Does not include black.
- b - Black-and-white
Does not include tinted, toned, or stained items.
- c - Multicolored
- h - Hand colored
- m - Mixed
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
Includes tinted, toned, or stained items.
- | - No attempt to code
- a - One color
- 04 - Base of emulsion
Indicates the type of material for the base of the emulsion of the photonegative, filmstrip, slide, or transparency.- d - Glass
- e - Synthetic
- j - Safety film
- k - Film base, other than safety film
- m - Mixed collection
The base of emulsion material varies for different items in a collection.
- o - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Sound on medium or separate
Indicates whether the sound is on or is separate from the projected graphic.- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Sound on medium
- b - Sound separate from medium
The sound is on an accompanying item.
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 06 - Medium for sound
Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound (whether the sound is on the projected graphic or separate) and the type of sound playback required.- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
- b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
- d - Sound disc
- e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
- f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
- g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- h - Videotape
- i - Videodisc
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 07 - Dimensions
Indicates the width or dimensions of the projected graphic.- a - Standard 8 mm.
- b - Super 8 mm./single 8 mm.
- c - 9.5 mm.
- d - 16 mm.
- e - 28 mm.
- f - 35 mm.
- g - 70 mm.
- j - 2x2 in. or 5x5 cm.
- k - 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. or 6x6 cm.
- s - 4x5 in. or 10x13 cm.
- t - 5x7 in. or 13x18 cm.
- u - Unknown
- v - 8x10 in. or 21x26 cm.
- w - 9x9 in. or 23x23 cm.
- x - 10x10 in. or 26x26 cm.
- y - 7x7 in. or 18x18 cm.
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 08 - Secondary support material
Indicates the type of material of the mount of a slide or transparency.- # - No secondary support
- c - Cardboard
- d - Glass
- e - Synthetic
- h - Metal
- j - Metal and glass
- k - Synthetic and glass
- m - Mixed collection
The secondary support material varies for different items in a collection.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
007--MICROFORM
A transparent or opaque medium bearing microimages that are too small to be read without magnification. A microform may be an original publication or a reproduction of existing textual or graphic material.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- h - Microform
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of microform to which the item belongs.- a - Aperture card
- b - Microfilm cartridge
- c - Microfilm cassette
- d - Microfilm reel
- e - Microfiche
- f - Microfiche cassette
- g - Microopaque
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
Includes microforms such as microchips, microdots, and microform scrolls.
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Positive/negative aspect
Indicates the positive/negative polarity of the microform.- a - Positive
Dark lines and characters against a light background.
- b - Negative
Light lines and characters against a dark background.
- m - Mixed polarity
Mixture of positive and negative images.
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Positive
- 04 - Dimensions
Indicates the dimensions of the microform, not the dimensions of the image.- a - 8 mm.
- d - 16 mm.
- f - 35 mm.
- g - 70 mm.
- h - 105 mm.
- l - 3x5 in. or 8x13 cm.
- m - 4x6 in. or 11x15 cm.
- o - 6x9 in. or 16x23 cm.
- p - 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. or 9x19 cm.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Reduction ratio range
Indicates the reduction ratio range of the microform. The specific reduction is recorded in 007/06-08 (Reduction ratio).- a - Low reduction
Less than 16:1 ratio (less than 016).
- b - Normal reduction
Between 16:1 and 30:1 (016-030).
- c - High reduction
Between 31:1 and 60:1 (031-060).
- d - Very high reduction
Between 61:1 and 90:1 (061-090).
- e - Ultra high reduction
Over 90:1 (over 090).
- u - Unknown
- v - Reduction rate varies
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Low reduction
- 06-08 - Reduction ratio
The specific reduction ratio of the microform, recorded as three digits. The number is right justified and each unused position contains a zero. A hyphen is used for any unknown portion of the reduction ratio. - 09 - Color
Indicates the color of the image.- b - Black-and-white (or monochrome)
A single hue. Includes all microopaques.
- c - Multicolored
- m - Mixed
Combination of color and monochrome images.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- b - Black-and-white (or monochrome)
- 10 - Emulsion on film
Indicates the type of light-sensitive material on the film.- a - Silver halide
- b - Diazo
- c - Vesicular
- m - Mixed emulsion
- n - Not applicable
Used for microopaques.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 11 - Generation
Indicates the generation of the microform.- a - First generation (master)
The camera master or COM recorder master.
- b - Printing master
Any generation used mainly for the production of other microforms.
- c - Service copy
A microform that is intended primarily for use rather than for the production of other microforms. This code is used for microopaques.
- m - Mixed generation
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- a - First generation (master)
- 12 - Base of film
Indicates the base of the film.- a - Safety base, undetermined
- c - Safety base, acetate undetermined
- d - Safety base, diacetate
- p - Safety base, polyester
- r - Safety base, mixed
Mixed safety base films spliced together; no nitrate film.
- t - Safety base, triacetate
- i - Nitrate base
- m - Mixed base (nitrate and safety)
- n - Not applicable
A microform on a reflective rather than a transparent base (e.g., microopaques).
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
007--NONPROJECTED GRAPHIC
A two-dimensional pictorial representation not intended to be projected for viewing.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- k - Nonprojected graphic
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of nonprojected graphic to which the item belongs.- c - Collage
- d - Drawing
- e - Painting
- f - Photomechanical print
- g - Photonegative
- h - Photoprint
- i - Picture
Used when a more specific designation is unknown or not desired.
- j - Print
- l - Technical drawing
- n - Chart
- o - Flash card
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
Includes mixed media productions made by a combination of free hand and printing techniques, neither of which predominates.
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of the nonprojected graphic.- a - One color
Does not include black.
- b - Black-and-white
- c - Multicolored
- h - Hand colored
- m - Mixed
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
Includes stained, tinted, or toned items.
- | - No attempt to code
- a - One color
- 04 - Primary support material
Indicates the type of material used for the support or base on which an image is printed or executed.- a - Canvas
- b - Bristol board
- c - Cardboard/illustration board
- d - Glass
- e - Synthetic
Does not include synthetics formed to resemble textiles.
- f - Skin
Does not include synthetic materials that resemble skin.
- g - Textile
Includes all natural or synthetic fibre fabrics except canvas.
- h - Metal
- m - Mixed collection
The primary support material varies for different items in a collection.
- o - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- p - Plaster
Includes mixtures of ground solids and plaster.
- q - Hardboard
- r - Porcelain
Used only for clay-based porcelain.
- s - Stone
- t - Wood
Includes particle board, but may or may not include other materials based on wood particles or fibers.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Secondary support material
Indicates the type of material to which the secondary support is attached.- # - No secondary support
- a - Canvas
- b - Bristol board
- c - Cardboard/illustration board
- d - Glass
- e - Synthetic
Does not include synthetics formed to resemble textiles.
- f - Skin
Does not include synthetic materials that resemble skin.
- g - Textile
Includes all natural or synthetic fibre fabrics except canvas.
- h - Metal
- m - Mixed collection
The secondary support material varies for different items in a collection
- o - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- p - Plaster
Includes mixtures of ground solids and plaster.
- q - Hardboard
- r - Porcelain
Used only for clay-based porcelain.
- s - Stone
- t - Wood
Includes particle board, but may or may not include other materials based on wood particles or fibers.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
007--MOTION PICTURE
A series of still pictures on film, with or without sound, designed to be projected in rapid succession to produce the optical effect of motion.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- m - Motion picture
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of motion picture to which the item belongs.- c - Film cartridge
- f - Film cassette
- r - Film reel
Includes sound track film that accompanies visual images actually not present.
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of the motion picture.- b - Black-and-white
- c - Multicolored
- h - Hand colored
- m - Mixed
- n - Not applicable
The item has no images.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 04 - Motion picture presentation format
Indicates the presentation format of the motion picture.- a - Standard sound aperture (reduced frame)
Non-wide-screen format.
- b - Nonanamorphic (wide-screen)
Wide-screen effect without optically compressing the image or requiring the use of special projection techniques.
- c - 3D
- d - Anamorphic (wide-screen)
- e - Other wide-screen format
- f - Standard silent aperture (full frame)
35 mm. film on which the exposed picture is approximately the width of the space between the perforation holes of the frame.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Standard sound aperture (reduced frame)
- 05 - Sound on medium or separate
Indicates whether the sound is on or is separate from the motion picture.- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Sound on medium
- b - Sound separate from medium
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 06 - Medium for sound
Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound (whether that sound is carried on the item itself or is in the form of accompanying material) and the type of sound playback required.- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
- b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
- d - Sound disc
- e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
- f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
- g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- h - Videotape
- i - Videodisc
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 07 - Dimensions
Indicates the width of the motion picture film.- a - Standard 8 mm.
- b - Super 8 mm./single 8 mm.
- c - 9.5 mm.
- d - 16 mm.
- e - 28 mm.
- f - 35 mm.
- g - 70 mm.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 08 - Configuration of playback channels
Indicates the configuration of intended playback channels for the sound of the motion picture.- k - Mixed
More than one configuration on a single motion picture.
- m - Monaural
- n - Not applicable
Film has no sound or sound is on separate medium.
- q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or surround
- s - Stereophonic
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- k - Mixed
- 09 - Production elements
Indicates whether the film is part of a complete production or is a preliminary or post-production element.- a - Workprint
A print from the original camera footage that is edited to achieve a final version.
- b - Trims
Sections of shots remaining after selections have been incorporated into a workprint.
- c - Outtakes
Discarded shots.
- d - Rushes
First positive print of a previous day's shooting.
- e - Mixing tracks
Separate sound tracks that are combined for the final film sound track.
- f - Title bands/intertitle rolls
Printed captions or titles separated from their corresponding pictures.
- g - Production rolls
Various types of production elements before they are cut and assembled into reels.
- n - Not applicable
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Workprint
- 10 - Positive/negative aspect
Indicates whether the film is positive or negative.- a - Positive
The colors and/or tonal values are the same as the original subject matter.
- b - Negative
For black-and-white film, the tonal values are the opposite of the original subject matter. For color film, they are the complements of the original subject.
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Positive
- 11 - Generation
Indicates how far away from the original material the item is. Generation data are used to evaluate the quality of available copies, to make preservation decisions, and to identify materials available for viewing and research.- d - Duplicate
- e - Master
- o - Original
- r - Reference print/viewing copy
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 12 - Base of film
Indicates the base of the film.- a - Safety base, undetermined
- c - Safety base, acetate undetermined
- d - Safety base, diacetate
- p - Safety base, polyester
- r - Safety base, mixed
Mixed safety base films spliced together; no nitrate film.
- t - Safety base, triacetate
- i - Nitrate base
- m - Mixed base (nitrate and safety)
- n - Not applicable
The item does not have a film base (e.g., paper film).
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 13 - Refined categories of color
Indicates more specific color characteristics of the moving image than are contained in 007/03 (Color).- a - 3 layer color
- b - 2 color, single strip
- c - Undetermined 2 color
- d - Undetermined 3 color
- e - 3 strip color
- f - 2 strip color
- g - Red strip
- h - Blue or green strip
- i - Cyan strip
- j - Magenta strip
- k - Yellow strip
- l - S E N 2
- m - S E N 3
- n - Not applicable
- p - Sepia tone
- q - Other tone
- r - Tint
- s - Tinted and toned
- t - Stencil color
- u - Unknown
- v - Hand colored
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 14 - Kind of color stock or print
Indicates the type of color film stock or color print the item represents.- a - Imbibition dye transfer prints
- b - Three layer stock
- c - Three layer stock, low fade
- d - Duplitized stock
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 15 - Deterioration stage
Indicates the level of deterioration of the film.- a - None apparent
- b - Nitrate: suspicious odor
- c - Nitrate: pungent odor
- d - Nitrate: brownish, discoloration, fading, dusty
- e - Nitrate: sticky
- f - Nitrate: frothy, bubbles, blisters
- g - Nitrate: congealed
- h - Nitrate: powder
- k - Non-nitrate: detectable deterioration (diacetate odor)
- l - Non-nitrate: advanced deterioration
- m - Non-nitrate: disaster
- | - No attempt to code
- 16 - Completeness
Indicates whether the motion picture is judged to be complete.- c - Complete
- i - Incomplete
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 17-22 - Film inspection date
Six characters that indicate the most recent film inspection date; the date is recorded in the pattern ccyymm (century/year/month). A hyphen is used for any unknown portion of the date. Six fill characters (||||||) are used if no attempt is made to code these character positions.
007--KIT
Indicates that the item is a kit, which is defined as a mixture of various components issued as a unit and intended primarily for instructional purposes. No one component is identifiable as the predominant component of the item.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- o - Kit
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of textual material to which an item belongs.- u - Unspecified
- | - No attempt to code
007--NOTATED MUSIC
Indicates that the item is a notated music, which is defined as graphic, non-realized representations of musical works, both in printed and digitized manifestations. It includes musical scores and/or parts, diagrammatic representations, tablature, instructions for chance compositions, pictures or paintings intended as musical compositions, square note notation, klavirskribo, chant notation, neumes, braille, and other ways of representing the four components of musical sound: pitch, duration, timbre, and loudness.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- q - Notated music
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of textual material to which an item belongs.- u - Unspecified
- | - No attempt to code
007--REMOTE-SENSING IMAGE
Indicates that the item is a remote-sensing image which is defined as an image produced by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object under study. This may be a map or other image that is obtained through various remote sensing devices such as cameras, computers, lasers, radio frequency receivers, radar systems, sonar, seismographs, gravimeters, magnetometers, and scintillation counters.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- r - Remote-sensing image
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of material, usually the class of physical object, to which an item belongs.- u - Unspecified
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Altitude of sensor
Indicates the general position of the sensor relative to the object under study.- a - Surface
- b - Airborne
- c - Spaceborne
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 04 - Attitude of sensor
Indicates the general angle of the device from which a remote-sensing image is made.- a - Low oblique
- b - High oblique
- c - Vertical
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Cloud cover
Indicates the amount of cloud cover that was present when a remote-sensing image was made.- 0 - 0-9%
- 1 - 10-19%
- 2 - 20-29%
- 3 - 30-39%
- 4 - 40-49%
- 5 - 50-59%
- 6 - 60-69%
- 7 - 70-79%
- 8 - 80-89%
- 9 - 90-100%
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 06 - Platform construction type
Indicates the type of construction of the platform serving as the base for the remote-sensing device. For the purposes of this data element, "platform" refers to any structure that serves as a base, not only flat surfaces.- a - Balloon
- b - Aircraft--low altitude
- c - Aircraft--medium altitude
- d - Aircraft--high altitude
- e - Manned spacecraft
- f - Unmanned spacecraft
- g - Land-based remote-sensing device
- h - Water surface-based remote-sensing device
- i - Submersible remote-sensing device
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 07 - Platform use category
Indicates the primary use intended for the platform specified in 007/06 (Platform construction type).- a - Meteorological
- b - Surface observing
- c - Space observing
- m - Mixed uses
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 08 - Sensor type
Indicates the recording mode of the remote-sensing device, specifically, whether the sensor is involved in the creation of the transmission it eventually measures.- a - Active
- b - Passive
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 09-10 - Data type
A two-character code that indicates the spectral, acoustic, or magnetic characteristics of the data received by the device producing the remote-sensing image. It can be used to indicate both the wave length of radiation measured and the type of sensor used to measure it.- aa - Visible light
- da - Near infrared
- db - Middle infrared
- dc - Far infrared
- dd - Thermal infrared
- de - Shortwave infrared (SWIR)
- df - Reflective infrared
- dv - Combinations
- dz - Other infrared data
- ga - Sidelooking airborne radar (SLAR)
- gb - Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-Single frequency
- gc - SAR-multi-frequency (multichannel)
- gd - SAR-like polarization
- ge - SAR-cross polarization
- gf - Infometric SAR
- gg - polarmetric SAR
- gu - Passive microwave mapping
- gz - Other microwave data
- ja - Far ultraviolet
- jb - Middle ultraviolet
- jc - Near ultraviolet
- jv - Ultraviolet combinations
- jz - Other ultraviolet data
- ma - Multi-spectral, multidata
- mb - Multi-temporal
- mm - Combination of various data types
- nn - Not applicable
- pa - Sonar--water depth
- pb - Sonar--bottom topography images, sidescan
- pc - Sonar--bottom topography, near surface
- pd - Sonar--bottom topography, near bottom
- pe - Seismic surveys
- pz - Other acoustical data
- ra - Gravity anomalies (general)
- rb - Free-air
- rc - Bouger
- rd - Isostatic
- sa - Magnetic field
- ta - radiometric surveys
- uu - Unknown
- zz - Other
- || - No attempt to code
007--SOUND RECORDING
A disc, tape, film, cylinder, or wire on which sound vibrations have been registered so that the sound may be reproduced; and paper rolls on which the notes of a music composition are represented by perforations in the paper and from which sound can be mechanically produced.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- s - Sound recording
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of sound recording to which the item belongs.- d - Sound disc
- e - Cylinder
- g - Sound cartridge
- i - Sound-track film
- q - Roll
- s - Sound cassette
- t - Sound-tape reel
- u - Unspecified
- w - Wire recording
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Speed
Indicates the playback speed of the sound recording.- a - 16 rpm
- b - 33 1/3 rpm
- c - 45 rpm
- d - 78 rpm
- e - 8 rpm
- f - 1.4 m. per sec.
- h - 120 rpm
- i - 160 rpm
- k - 15/16 ips
- l - 1 7/8 ips
- m - 3 3/4 ips
- o - 7 1/2 ips
- p - 15 ips
- r - 30 ips
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 04 - Configuration of playback channels
Indicates the configuration of playback channels for the sound recording.- m - Monaural
- q - Quadraphonic
- s - Stereophonic
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Groove width/groove pitch
Indicates the width of the groove of the recording for a disc or the pitch of the groove for a cylinder.- m - Microgroove/fine
- n - Not applicable
- s - Coarse/standard
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 06 - Dimensions
Indicates the diameter of an open reel or disc, or the dimensions of a cassette, cartridge, or cylinder.- a - 3 in.
- b - 5 in.
- c - 7 in.
- d - 10 in.
- e - 12 in.
- f - 16 in.
- g - 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- j - 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- o - 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.
- n - Not applicable
- s - 2 3/4 x 4 in.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 07 - Tape width
Indicates the width of a tape.- l - 1/8 in.
- m - 1/4 in.
- n - Not applicable
- o - 1/2 in.
- p - 1 in.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 08 - Tape configuration
Indicates the number of tracks on a tape.- a - Full (1) track
- b - Half (2) track
- c - Quarter (4) track
- d - Eight track
- e - Twelve track
- f - Sixteen track
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 09 - Kind of disc, cylinder or tape
Indicates the type of disc, cylinder, or tape.- a - Master tape
The final tape production master that is used to make a disc master or a tape duplication master.
- b - Tape duplication master
A sound tape produced from the master tape.
- d - Disc master (negative)
A negative disc master that is used for the preparation of the mother from which more serviceable and longer lasting metal stampers can be made.
- i - Instantaneous (recorded on the spot)
- m - Mass produced
Includes discs or tapes issued as limited pressing or limited issue for private distribution.
- n - Not applicable
- r - Mother (positive)
An exact copy of the original disc recording pressed from the disc master from which a negative metal stamper is made to press discs for distribution.
- s - Stamper (negative)
A negative metal part, produced from the mother in an electroplating procedure, from which 500 to 750 discs may be pressed.
- t - Test pressing
Either one finished disc or one of a very limited pressing designed to be examined aurally before a decision is made to proceed with a pressing.
- u - Unknown
Also used when it cannot be determined whether the item is instantaneous or mass-produced.
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Master tape
- 10 - Kind of material
Indicates the kind of material used in the manufacture of sound recordings (both instantaneous and mass-produced).- a - Lacquer coating
- b - Cellulose nitrate
- c - Acetate tape with ferrous oxide
- g - Glass with lacquer
- i - Aluminum with lacquer
- l - Metal
- m - Plastic with metal
- p - Plastic
- r - Paper with lacquer or ferrous oxide
- s - Shellac
- u - Unknown
- w - Wax
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 11 - Kind of cutting
Indicates the kind of cutting used to make the grooves used on a disc.- h - Hill-and-dale cutting
A vertical cutting; no lateral information intended for reproduction.
- l - Lateral or combined cutting
- n - Not applicable
Includes compact audio discs (they are pitted rather than cut).
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- h - Hill-and-dale cutting
- 12 - Special playback characteristics
Indicates the playback characteristics for the sound recording, including special equipment or equalization necessary for proper playback. The code is not used to indicate special processes used during the making of the recording unless those processes must be applied during playback.- a - NAB standard
National Association of Broadcasters playback equalization is required.
- b - CCIR standard
Comit consultatif de la radiodiffusion playback equalization is required.
- c - Dolby-B encoded
- d - dbx encoded
- e - Digital recording
- f - Dolby-A encoded
- g - Dolby-C encoded
- h - CX encoded
- n - Not applicable
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - NAB standard
- 13 - Capture and storage technique
Indicates how the sound was originally captured and stored. A re-released recording is coded for the original capture and storage technique.- a - Acoustical capture, direct storage
Usually, a disc or cylinder recording, captured using an acoustical horn and diaphragm and stored directly on a master surface (most date from before 1927/29).
- b - Direct storage, not acoustical
A disc recording captured using electrical equipment and stored directly on a master surface. All recordings made with microphones and other electrical equipment prior to the availability of magnetic recording techniques in the late l940s used direct storage.
- d - Digital storage
A sound recording which was captured electrically and stored using digital techniques.
- e - Analog electrical storage
A sound recording which was captured using electrical techniques and stored as modulations and pulses on a magnetic surface. Most recordings made from the late 1940s until the early 1980s are analog electrical recordings.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- a - Acoustical capture, direct storage
007--TEXT
Eye-readable printed or manuscript material.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- t - Text
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of textual material to which an item belongs.- a - Regular print
- b - Large print
- c - Braille
- d - Text in looseleaf binder
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
007--VIDEORECORDING
A recording on which visual images, usually in motion and accompanied by sound, have been registered, and which are designed for playback on a television receiver or video monitor.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- v - Videorecording
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of videorecording to which an item belongs.- c - Videocartridge
- d - Videodisc
- f - Videocassette
- r - Videoreel
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|) - 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of a videorecording.- a - One color
- b - Black-and-white
- c - Multicolored
- m - Mixed
- n - Not applicable
The item has no images, e.g., a videorecording with sound only.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 04 - Videorecording format
Indicates the videotape or videodisc recording format.- a - Beta (1/2 in., videocassette)
- b - VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- c - U-matic (3/4 in., videocassette)
- d - EIAJ (1/2 in. reel)
- e - Type C (1 in., reel)
- f - Quadruplex (1 in. or 2 in., reel)
- g - Laserdisc
- h - CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) videodisc
- i - Betacam (1/2 in., videocassette)
- j - Betacam SP (1/2 in., videocassette)
- k - Super-VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- m - M-II (1/2 in., videocassette)
- o - D-2 (3/4 in., videocassette)
- p - 8 mm.
- q - Hi-8 mm.
- u - Unknown
- v - DVD
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 05 - Sound on medium or separate
Indicates whether the sound is on or is separate from the videorecording.- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Sound on medium
- b - Sound separate from medium
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- 06 - Medium for sound
Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound (whether the sound is on the videorecording or separate) and the type of sound playback required.- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
- b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
- d - Sound disc
- e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
- f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
- g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- h - Videotape
- i - Videodisc
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 07 - Dimensions
Indicates the width of the videorecording.- a - 8 mm.
- m - 1/4 in.
- o - 1/2 in.
- p - 1 in.
- q - 2 in.
- r - 3/4 in.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- 08 - Configuration of playback channels
Indicates the configuration of intended playback channels for the sound portion of the videorecording.- k - Mixed
More than one configuration on a single videorecording.
- m - Monaural
- n - Not applicable
Videorecording has no sound or sound is on separate medium.
- q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or surround
- s - Stereophonic
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- k - Mixed
007--UNSPECIFIED
The physical form of the described item is not identified by any other 007 category-of-material code. This category is also used for an item having multiple physical forms that are not identified in separate 007 fields.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- z - Unspecified
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of material to which the item belongs.- m - Multiple physical forms
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code

