120 Coded Data Field: Gender (O;NR)
Field Definition and Scope
This field indicates the gender of a person in coded form.
Application of Content Designators
Indicators
both indicator positions are undefined and therefore left blank.
Subfields
$a Gender Code A one-character code that indicates the gender of the person described. The following codes may be used:
a | female |
b | male |
c | transgender |
u | unknown |
x | not applicable |
Input Conventions
Instead of using code x
it is recommended to skip this field altogether.
Mapping
For the creation of an RDF description, the following mapping is applied:
$a | rdaGr2:gender | only for code values a , b and u |
- rdaGr2 represents the namespace “http://rdvocab.info/ElementsGr2”
- The RDA ontologies are registerd with the open metadata registry (http://metadataregistry.org/schema/show/id/15.html)
- The vocabulary used is the RDA Gender list (http://metadataregistry.org/concept/list/vocabulary_id/101.html)
Mapping Example
<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://cttest.cerl.org/cnp00105412"> <rdaGr2:gender rdf:resource="http://rdvocab.info/termList/gender/1002"/> </rdf:Description>
Examples
- 120 ##$ab
Internal Representation
{"data": {"gender": "Coded gender information ($a)"}}
Change History
- 18.07.2017: Subfield $6 will no longer be supported, once the CT has been migrated into its new environment.