On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Martin Hamilton wrote:
>>USMARC
>>The information provided is a field from a USMARC record. It should
>>start with the field number, followed by the field itself and then
>>any sub-fields.
>
> This wasn't clear to me since a USMARC field (e.g. 110 Corporate Name) is typic
> ally represented as a three digit field number, followed by two "Indicators", a
> nd a series of subfields, each preceded a subfield marker of the form $x.
> [...]
> or (USMARC compliant with indicators and subfield tags)
> 3) 1102 $aEFILA$cBrussels$d1996
Good call; I've changed the document and plumped for this version seeing
as its the one librarians are familiar with (the only other people who
would be using MARC like this would probably be sickos like me!).
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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