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Contributor


A contributor is a person or corporate body that has taken part in the creation of a work or product. Contributors are, for example, authors, translators, editors, etc.

The role in which a person or a corporate body participated in a work is one of the most important pieces of information and is therefore mandatory. The name of the person or corporate body must be given for each contributor.

First contributor - mandatory if available
Definition Name and role of the first contributor
General notes
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MARC 21 Onix 3.0.8 Reference Names
Onix 3.0.8 Short Tags
Format

100 $a $4aut $0

110 $a $4aut $0

<Contributor>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor

<ContributorRole> with value "A01" from code list 17
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​ContributorRole

<NameType>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameType

<NameIdentifier>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameIdentifier

<NameIDType> with value "16", "21" or "25" from code list 44
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameIdentifier/​NameIDType

<IDValue>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameIdentifier/​IDValue

<Person​NameInverted>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​PersonNameInverted

<CorporateName>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​CorporateName

<contributor>

 <b035> with value "A01" from code list 17

 <x414>

<nameidentifier>

<x415> with value "16", "21" or "25" from code list 44

<b244>

 <b037>

<b047>

Format notes

Persons (field 100)

Name of the person in inverted order (last name, first name) in subfield $a. Specification of the role as code in subfield $4. Since first authors are specified in category 100, the code is always "aut". If the author has an assigned identifier, e.g. a GND number, an ISNI or an ORCID, this may additionally be recorded in subfield $0. The identifier type is specified in brackets before the number.

Corporate bodies (field 110)

Name of the corporate body in subfield $a. Specification of the role as code in subfield $4. Since corporate bodies as first authors are specified in category 110, the code is always "aut". If the author has an assigned identifier, e.g. a GND number, an ISNI or an ORCID, this may additionally be recorded in subfield $0. The identifier type is specified in brackets before the number.

The name of persons is preferably given in inverted order in the element <PersonNameInverted> resp. <b037>.

If a contributor has an assigned identifier, e.g. a GND number, an ISNI or an ORCID, this may be specified in the <NameIdentifier> resp. <nameidentifier> element.
Example 1

100 1#$aBüttner, Andreas$4aut

<Contributor>

<ContributorRole>A01</ContributorRole>

<PersonNameInverted>Büttner, Andreas</PersonNameInverted>

</Contributor>

<contributor>

<b035>A01</b035>

<b037>Büttner, Andreas</b037>

</contributor>

Example 2 100 1#$aSchmidt, Franz$4aut$0(isni)0000000409998938

<Contributor>

<ContributorRole>A01</ContributorRole>

<NameIdentifier>

  <NameIDType>16</NameIDType>

  <IDValue>0000000409998938</IDValue>

</NameIdentifier>

<PersonNameInverted>Schmidt, Franz</PersonNameInverted>

</Contributor>

<contributor>

<b035>A01</b035>

<nameidentifier>

  <x415>16</x415>

  <b244>0000000409998938</b244>

</nameidentifier>

<b037>Schmidt, Franz</b037>

</contributor>

Example 3 110 1#$aGesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung$4aut$0(DE-588)2039684-3

<Contributor>

<ContributorRole>A01</ContributorRole>

<NameIdentifier>

  <NameIDType>25</NameIDType>

  <IDValue>2039684-3</IDValue>

</NameIdentifier>

<CorporateName>Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung</CorporateName>

</Contributor>

<contributor>

<b035>A01</b035>

<nameidentifier>

  <x415>25</x415>

  <b244>2039684-3</b244>

</nameidentifier>

<b047>Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung</b047>

</contributor>

Other contributors - mandatory if available
Definition Name and role of the second and other contributors
General notes
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MARC 21 Onix 3.0.8 Reference Names Onix 3.0.8 Short Tags
Format

700 $a $4 $0

710 $a $4 $0

<Contributor>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor

<ContributorRole> with value from code list 17
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​ContributorRole

<NameType>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameType

<NameIdentifier>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameIdentifier

<NameIDType> mit dem Wert "16", "21" or "25" from code list 44
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameIdentifier/​NameIDType

<IDValue>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​NameIdentifier/​IDValue

<Person​NameInverted>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​PersonNameInverted

<CorporateName>
/ONIXMessage/​Product/​DescriptiveDetail/​Contributor/​CorporateName

<contributor>

 <b035> with value from code list 17

 <x414>

<nameidentifier>

<x415> with value "16", "21" or "25" from code list 44

<b244>

 <b037>

<b047>

Format notes

Persons (field 100)

Name of the person in inverted order (last name, first name) in subfield $a. Specification of the role as code in subfield $4 according to the following selection list.

If an assigned identifier is known for the person, e.g. a GND number, an ISNI or an ORCID, this may additionally be recorded in subfield $0. The identifier type is specified in brackets before the number.

For each additional person as contributor, another field 700 is recorded.

Corporate bodies (field 710)

Name of the corporate body in subfield $a. Specification of the role as code in subfield $4 according to the following selection list. If an assigned identifier for the corporate body is known, e.g. a GND number, an ISNI or an ORCID, this may additionally be recorded in subfield $0. The identifier type is specified in brackets before the number.

For each additional corporate body as contributor, another field 710 is recorded.

Selection list of codes for roles:

  • aut - author
  • edt - editor
  • ctb - contributor
  • trl - translator
  • oth - other

The name of persons is preferably given in inverted order in the element <PersonNameInverted> resp. <b037>.

If an assigned identifier is known for the contributor, e.g. a GND number, an ISNI or an ORCID, this may be specified in the <NameIdentifier> resp. <nameidentifier> element.
Example 1

700 1# $aLee, Delphine J.$4edt

<Contributor>

<ContributorRole>B01</ContributorRole>

<PersonNameInverted>Lee, Delphine J.</PersonNameInverted>

</Contributor>

<contributor>

<b035>B01</b035>

<b037>Lee, Delphine J.</b037>

</contributor>

Example 2

700 1#$a Miller, Steven $4 aut $0 ( orcid)0000-0002-7159-6871

<Contributor>

<ContributorRole>A01</ContributorRole>

<NameIdentifier>

  <NameIDType>21</NameIDType>

  <IDValue>1004046-8</IDValue>

</NameIdentifier>

<PersonNameInverted>Miller, Steven</PersonNameInverted>

</Contributor>

<contributor>

<b035>A01</b035>

<nameidentifier>

  <x415>21</x415>

  <b244>1004046-8</b244>

</nameidentifier>

<b037>Miller, Steven</b037>

</contributor>

Example 3

710 1#$a British Film Institute $0 oth $4 ( DE-588)1004046-8

<Contributor>

<ContributorRole>Z99</ContributorRole>

<NameIdentifier>

  <NameIDType>25</NameIDType>

  <IDValue>1004046-8</IDValue>

</NameIdentifier>

<CorporateName>British Film Institute</CorporateName>

</Contributor>

<contributor>

<b035>Z99</b035>

<nameidentifier>

  <x415>25</x415>

  <b244>1004046-8</b244>

</nameidentifier>

<b047>British Film Institute</b047>

</contributor>



2023-06-01
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