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Appendix H - Data Provenance Subfields


MARC 21 Authority
December 2025

Subfield Codes
  • $7 - Data provenance (R)
  • $e - Data provenance (R)   [856 and 857 only]

Descriptions of subfields that are used to link provenance data in a field to other data within the same field. These subfields are defined for multiple fields in the format, and thus their descriptions are brought together in this appendix. The subfields are included in field level subfield lists wherever they are defined, with pointers to this appendix.

Data provenance subfields are not currently defined in all fields of the Authority format. For fields that do contain the subfield, it is usually a subfield $7. For fields that use a previously defined $7 for other purposes, alternative subfield codes for data provenance are used and are listed below.


SUBFIELD CODES

$7 - Data provenance

Subfield $7 contains a data provenance value for a related subfield or related subfields in the same subfield string. If the value is preceded by a MARC Data Provenance Category code or a MARC Data Provenance Relationship code, then this is enclosed by parentheses. If the value is preceded by both a MARC Data Provenance Category code and a MARC Data Provenance Relationship code, then these are separated by a forward slash and enclosed by parentheses. A MARC Data Provenance Category code precedes a MARC Data Provenance Relationship code when both are recorded.

$e - Data provenance   [856 and 857 only]

Subfield $e is defined for data provenance in fields 856 and 857. The definition is identical to that of subfield $7 (Data provenance).

EXAMPLES

100 1#$aReyff, Hans Franz$d1614-1673
400 1#$aReiff, Hans Franz$d1614-1673$7(dpeloe/dpsfa)ger$7(dpenmw/dpsfa)Thieme-Becker

[Field 400 models 1) data provenance element "language of expression" with value "ger" in subfield $7 relating to subfield $a in the same string; 2) data provenance element "note on metadata work" with value "Thieme-Becker" in subfield $7 relating to subfield $a in the same string.]
111 2#$aInternationale Musikfestwochen$d1998$cLuzern
411 2#$aInternational Festival of Music$d1998$cLuzern$5CH-000001-5$7(dpeloe/dpsfa)eng$7(dpecou/dpsfa)Alternative preferred name

[Field 411 models 1) data provenance element "language of expression" with value "eng" in subfield $7 relating to subfield $a in the same string; 2) data provenance element "context of use" with value "Alternative preferred name" in subfield $7 relating to subfield $a in the same string.]
130 #0$aManessische Handschrift
430 #0$aCodex Manesse
430 #0$aHandschrift$gUniversitätsbibliothek Heidelberg$nCod. Pal.germ. 848$5DE-2489$7(dpecou)Manuscript cataloging

[Field 430/2 models data provenance element "context of use" with value "Manuscript cataloging" in subfield $7 relating to other subfields in the same string.]
151 ##$aSchweiz
451 ##$aSwitzerland$5CH-000001-5$7(dpeloe)eng

[Field 451 models data provenance element "language of expression" with value "eng" in subfield $7 relating to another subfield in the same string.]

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Field Appendix H - Data Provenance Subfields [NEW, 2022]
Field Appendix H - Data Provenance Subfields [CHANGED, 2025]
Code list moved to separate webpage: Data Provenance Code List.

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