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.

The first Activity Note in the record is used for the records' short display in a result set within the new web frontend. If no activity note is present, the first Geographic Note (356) is used instead.

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