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VIAF Tag Documentation

A short explanation of additional MARC tags added to VIAF processed records

901

ISBN (020$a)

902

ISSN (022$a)

903

LCCN (010$a)

904

ORCID (035$a, 751$0 or 024$a)

905

GeoName ID (024$a)

906

Music Brainz ID (024$a)

907

IMDB ID (024$a)

909

External ID (024$a + 024$2)

910

Title from bib (or $t in an auth record)

912

Title not used during matching (e.g. a very common title)

919

Title from authority record note field
The 'a' ,title:'subfield is the normalized form used in matching, the 'A' ,title:'shows the raw text

920

Publisher id (020$a)

921

Publisher (260$b, 533$c)

922

Country of publication

930

Alternate form of author's name
From the statement of responsibility

931

Other distinguishing characteristics (381$a)

940

Language (041$a or 008)

941

Relator code

942

NATC (050$a)

943

Decade of publication
From dates 1 & 2

944

RecType + bibLvl

945

Occupation (374$a)

946

Gender

947

Nationality or associated country
From UNIMARC 102 or MARC-21 370

948

Language of entity
From UNIMARC 101 or MARC-21 377

949

Content type (336$b)

950

Joint personal author

951

Joint corporate author (110|710)

955

Personal name added entry
100 & 700's from records with this name as a subject

960

Personal name subjects
From 600's, if they don't match main author

969

'Subject'
Present if person occurred as a subject (600) in a bibilographic record

970

Field of activity (372$a)

993

5xx links

994

Sparse indicator

995

Forced links

996

Authority IDs compared, but not matched

997

Coded version of dates
Birth date and death date, along with indication of type of date. A date of 0 indicates unknown. Date types can be 'lived', 'circa', or 'flourished'

998

Authority link
$a name $2 Linked-to record ID $3 Type of link

999

Bibliographic record link
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Last updated: 2024-09-04