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350 Activity note (O;R)
Field Definition and Scope
This field contains information about function, profession, occupation or other kinds of activities of persons, printers, corporations and places.
Application of Content Designators
Indicators
Indicator 1: Specifies the nature of the field's content
* blank The content of $a is a free-text note
* 7 Subfield $a uses controlled vocabulary from the list specified in $2
Indicator 2: Specifies the type of input:
- 0 Field has been input or corrected by cataloguer and cannot be overwritten in automated updating processes
- 1 Field has been input by automated addition; review by cataloguer may be necessary
Subfields
$1 Sort Indicator (O;R)
see the description of numerical subfields
$2 Source of controlled vocabulary (O;NR)
This subfield indicates the source, the controlled vocabulary used in $a has been taken from. This subfield is mandatory if indicator 1 holds the indicator value 7
; it must not be used if indicator 1 holds a blank. Currently the following code values are supported for field 350:
cerl | Controlled Terms for use in CERL Thesaurus field 350 of imprint name records (currently under revision) |
ddc22/ger | Dewey Decimal Classification, 22nd edition, German translation |
gnd | Gemeinsame Normdatei |
iso639-2b | 3-letter language code |
| |
sswd | GND-Systematik |
$6 Source File Reference (O;NR)
see the description of numerical subfields.
$8 Language Code (M;NR)
see the description of numerical subfields.
$a Activity note (M;NR)
Description of an entities activity, profession, occupation etc.
$z Chronological subdivision (O;NR)
Used in conjunction with $a
Preferrred form of entry: yyyy-yyyy or yyyy- or -yyyy
$9 Temporary data (O;NR)
see the description of numerical subfields.
$s Source subfield note (O;R)
Source consulted by cataloguer for the contents of the note
$u URI of term given in subfield $a (O;NR)
If a controlled term is given in subfield $a and a URI exists for this term, this URI should be given here.
$0 Type of activity (O;NR)
The following codes may be used to indicate the type of activity described in $a. From this information an introductory phrase will be generated automatically for display. It is recommended to use this subfield when $a holds a term from a list of controlled vocabulary.
acti | any type of activity (default) |
acad | academic title / academic degree |
dart | domain of artistic expression |
irsp | intellecutal responsibility |
lang | primary language(s) |
prof | profession / occupation |
raff | religious affiliation, rel. order |
rden | rel. denomination, religion |
tono | title of nobility |
tran | secondary languages (translator of) |
trit | traded items, traded in |
Input Conventions
Codes from the Material Evidence in Incunabula database (
$2mei
) are assigned only to records that are used in MEI. Do not alter or delete a field 350 with $2mei
manually.
Mapping
When creating an RDF description, the following mapping is applied
$a | rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson | if indicator 1 holds a blank and the record describes a person |
- rdaGr2 represents the namespace “http://rdvocab.info/ElementsGr2/”
- The RDA ontologies are registerd with the open metadata registry (http://metadataregistry.org/schemaprop/show/id/1141.html)
Mapping Example
<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://thesaurus.cerl.org/cnp00541566"> <rdaGr2:nameOfThePerson>Lechler, Lorenz <Künstler, 16. Jh.></rdaGr2:nameOfThePerson> ... <rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson xml:lang="de">Geschützgießer</rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson> <rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson xml:lang="de">Gießer</rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson> <rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson xml:lang="de">Glockengießer</rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson> <rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson xml:lang="de">Künstler</rdaGr2:fieldOfActivityOfThePerson> </rdf:Description>
Examples
- 350 #1$8dut$apredikant te Doetinchem en Zutphen
350 #1$8dut$a(con-) rector en hoogleraar - 350 #0$8dut$adrukker te Amsterdam$z1627-1655
- 350 #1$8ger$aArchäologe, Philologe, Prof. der Beredsamkeit in Wittenberg
Internal Representation
{"data": {"actNote": [{ "tmp": "temporary data ($9)", "text": "activity note ($a)", "authority": "source of controlled vocabulary ($2)", "lang": "language code ($8)", "uri": "URI of controlled term ($u)", "intro": "type of activity ($0)", "source": ["source of information ($s)"], "start": year ($z), "end": year ($z), "prc": 1 }]}}
Change History
- 14.07.2017: Indicator 1 marked as deprecated. The information given by the indicator value will be derived from the presence of subfield $2 once the CT migrates into its new environment.
- 14.07.2017: Subfield $1 will no longer be supported, once the CT migrates into its new environment
- 14.07.2017: Subfield $6 will no longer be supported, once the CT migrates into its new environment
- 14.07.2017: Subfield $9 has been added to the format description.
- 14.07.2017: Subfield $s has been added to the format description.
- 14.07.2017: New subfield $u has been added to the format description
- 14.07.2017: New subfield $0 has been added to the format description
- 07.08.2017: Added
acti
to the type of activities