350 Activity note (O;R)

This field contains information about function, profession, occupation or other kinds of activities of persons, printers, corporations and places.

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

$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:

$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.

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.

When creating an RDF description, the following mapping is applied

• 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 &lt;Künstler, 16. Jh.&gt;</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>

1. 350 #1$8dut$apredikant te Doetinchem en Zutphen
   350 #1$8dut$a(con-) rector en hoogleraar
2. 350 #0$8dut$adrukker te Amsterdam$z1627-1655
3. 350 #1$8ger$aArchäologe, Philologe, Prof. der Beredsamkeit in Wittenberg

{"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
}]}}

• 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