Re: MARC (Authority) OID? -- possible error on LOC website

Yes, if you want marc21 authority the oid would be 1.2.840.10003.5.10.2

The confusion I think is that the oid 1.2.840.10003.5.10 (unqualified) points to
the authority page in the reference column. I've corrected that.

--Ray


Mark Reichert wrote:

> Look further down the page:
>
> Record Syntax Object Identifiers for Specific MARC Formats
> The following registration scheme for specific MARC formats was approved at
> the March 1999 ZIG meeting.
> For each general MARC format listed above, the following specific formats
> are automatically registered, subordinate to the object identifier for the
> general format, 1.2.840.10003.5.1 through 1.2.840.10003.5.30:
>   1.. bibliographic
>   2.. authority
>   3.. holdings
>   4.. community information
>   5.. classification
> Thus for example for USMARC, the following are registered:
>       Object Identifier Name  Reference
>       1.2.840.10003.5.10.1 USMARC bibliographic USMARC Concise Format for
> Bigliographic Data
>       1.2.840.10003.5.10.2 USMARC authority USMARC Concise Format for
> Authority Data
>       1.2.840.10003.5.10.3 USMARC holdings USMARC Concise Format for
> Holdings Data
>       1.2.840.10003.5.10.4 USMARC community information USMARC Concise
> Format for Community Information
>       1.2.840.10003.5.10.5 USMARC classification USMARC Concise Format for
> Classification Data
>
> When the general object identifier (e.g. 1.2.840.10003.5.10) is used it
> identifies the general MARC format (e.g. USMARC) and the specific format is
> unspecified. Thus an origin may specify USMARC as the preferred record
> syntax on a Present request, and the response might include records of any
> of the five specific formats; or the origin might specify USMARC
> Bibiliographic as the preferred record syntax, and the response might be
> limited to bibliographic records only.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > I was looking for an OID to ask for records presented in the MARC21
> > authority format, and looked at
> >
> > http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/defns/oids.html#5
> >
> > I didn't offhand spot what I looked for, and yet.... if you look at the
> > definition for the "classic" MARC OID -- Record syntax-5-10... it seems to
> > refer to the MARC authority format rather than the bibliographic one.
> > Surely an error?
> >
> > --Sebastian
> > --
> > Sebastian Hammer, Index Data <http://www.indexdata.dk/>
> > Ph: +45 3341 0100, Fax: +45 3341 0101

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