516 Sign / arms / mark / device (O;R)

This field describes a sign, coat of arms, a mark or a printer device, used by printers or other persons or corporate bodies.
A printer device, which is assigned to a particular workshop or address of a printer and is not used in connection with other of his addresses should be filed in field 515$e.

Indicator 1: Specifies the type of sign:

• 0 any kind of printed sign
• 1 any kind of handwritten sign
• 2 printer device
• 3 exlibris
• 4 coat of arms
• 7 not specified or unknown

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

$8 Language code (O;R)
Mandatory to precede the $n subfield. A three letter language code from the Marc Code List for Languages.

$a Data element (M;NR)
Description of the sign used

$n Cataloguer's note (O;R)
Forming a pair with the preceding $8 subfield. Any cataloguer's comment on this category

$s Source subfield note (O;R)
Source consulted by cataloguer for this specific information.

$u Uniform Resource Locator (O;R)
Forming a pair with the following $y subfield. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), which provides electronic access data in a standard syntax. The target may show an image or description of the given sign.

$y Link description (O;R)
Mandatory to follow the $u subfield. A short term explaining the nature of the object linked in the preceding $u subfield.

$z Chronological subdivision (O;R)
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.

$0 Type of Sign (M;NR)
A four character code to indicate the type of the sign described in this field. Currently the following values are supported:

1. 516 01$a(Ver)gulden Bybel (inden)$z1588-1603
2. 516 21$aFama (donna alata con un piede sul globo suona una tromba).$8ita$nMotto:Io volo al ciel per riposarmi in Dio.$sICCU:Z508

{"data": {"sign": [{
    "tmp": "Temporary data ($9)",
    "description": "description of the sign ($a)",
    "typeOfSign": "Type of Sign ($0)",
    "source": ["source of information ($s)"],
    "start": year ($z),
    "end": year ($z),
    "note": [{
        "lang": "Language code ($8)",
        "text": "Text of note ($n)"
    }],
    "link": [{
        "url": "URL of the depiction of a sign ($u)",
        "text": "Link text ($y)"
    }],
    "prc": 1|0
}]}}

• 17.07.2017: Subfield $1 will no longer be supported, once the CT has been migrated to its new environment.
• 17.07.2017: Subfield $6 will no longer be supported, once the CT has been migrated into its new environment
• 17.07.2017: Added Subfield $9 to the format description
• 17.07.2017: New subfield $0 has been added to the format description