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368 - Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body (R)


MARC 21 Authority - full
December 2025

First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Type of corporate body (R)
  • $b - Type of jurisdiction (R)
  • $c - Other designation (R)
  • $d - Title of person (R)
  • $i - Relationship information (R)
  • $s - Start period (NR)
  • $t - End period (NR)
  • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)
  • $v - Source of information (R)
  • $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)
  • $1 - Real World Object URI (R)
  • $2 - Source (NR)
  • $4 - Relationship (R)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $7 - Data provenance (R)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Any attribute that serves to characterize a person or corporate body or that may be needed for differentiation from other persons or corporate bodies and for which separate content designation is not already defined.

For a person: Can include designations of rank or honor or office of a person or other attributes.

For a corporate body: Can include designations indicating the type of corporate body or jurisdiction, or other attributes.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Type of corporate body

A suitable designation in the language preferred by the agency creating the data if the preferred name for the body does not convey the idea of a corporate body.

110 2#$aKUON (Television station)
368 ##$aTelevision station
110 2#$aJohann Traeg (Firm)
368 ##$aFirm

$b - Type of jurisdiction

The type of jurisdiction in the language preferred by the agency creating the data.

151 ##$aCork (Ireland : County)
368 ##$bCounty
151 ##$aLlanmadoc (Wales)
368 ##$bVillage

$c - Other designation

An appropriate designation in the language preferred by the agency creating the data of an attribute of the entity that is not provided for in subfields $a (Type of corporate body), $b (Type of jurisdiction), or $d (Title of person).

110 2#$aChurch of God (Holiness)
368 ##$cHoliness
110 2#$aChurch of God (Seventh Day)
368 ##$cSeventh Day
100 1#$aGarland, Judy$c(Spirit)
368 ##$cSpirit
046 ##$f1169$g1237
100 0#$aSava,$cSaint,$d1169-1237
368 ##$cSaint

$d - Title of person

A title or term indicative of rank, honor, or office. This includes designations indicative of royalty, nobility, ecclesiastical rank or office, terms of address for a person of religious vocation, and initials or abbreviations representing an academic degree or membership in an organization. It excludes terms of address that only indicate gender or marital status such as Mr. or Mrs.

046 ##$f1932$g2001
100 0#$aSoraya,$cPrincess,$d1932-2001
368 ##$dPrincess
100 1#$aBrown, Joseph,$cLieutenant
368 ##$dLieutenant
100 1#$aFulton, Richard M.,$cD.V.M.
368 ##$dD.V.M.$dPh. D.
100 1#$aHook, James,$d1772?-1828
368 ##$dRev.$dLL.D., F.R.S., F.S.A.

$i - Relationship information

Designation of a relationship between the attribute of person or corporate body recorded in the 368 field and the person or corporate body entity described in the record. This may be an uncontrolled textual phrase or a controlled textual value from a list of relationships.

100 1#$aPerry, Antoinette,$d1888-1946
368 ##$iNationality:$cAmericans$2lcdgt
368 ##$iNamesake of:$cTony Awards$2lcsh

$s - Start period

The starting date associated with the attribute of a person or corporate body.

$t - End period

The end date associated with the attribute of a person or corporate body.

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which provides electronic access data in a standard syntax. This data can be used for automated access to an electronic item using one of the Internet protocols.

In field 368, subfield $u is used to record the location of the source of the information about other attributes of person or corporate body accessible electronically.

$v - Source of information

Source where the information recorded in field 368 was found if not through a URI.

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$1 - Real World Object URI

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$2 - Source

Identification of the source of terms in subfields $a, $b, $c, or $d when they are from a controlled list.

$4 - Relationship

Code or URI that specifies the relationship from the entity described in the record to the entity referenced in the field.

100 1#$aAshcroft, James$c(Captain)
368 ##$iMilitary or police rank:$dCaptain$4http://www.wikidata.org/entity/P410$1http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25114211

$6 - Linkage

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$7 - Data provenance

See description of this subfield in Appendix H: Data Provenance Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Field 368 - Other Corporate Body Attributes [NEW, 2011]
Field 368 - Other Corporate Body Attributes [RENAMED, 2012]
Field 368 - Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body [REDEFINED, 2012]
$c - Other designation [REDEFINED, 2012]
$d - Title of person [NEW, 2012]
$d - Title of person [REDESCRIBED, 2023]

Subfield definition was broadened to allow recording of titles associated with a person's rank, honor, or office.

$i - Relationship information [NEW, 2025]
$s - Start period [NEW, 2012]
$t - End period [NEW, 2012]
$u - Uniform Resource Identifier [NEW, 2012]
$v - Source of information [NEW, 2012]
$1 - Real World Object URI [NEW, 2017]
$2 - Source [REDESCRIBED, 2025]

Subfield $2 definition redescribed to specify which subfields it controls.

$4 - Relationship [NEW, 2025]
$7 - Data provenance [NEW, 2022]

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