386 Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Field definition and scope:

In title or name/title authority records, field 386 contains a category to which a creator(s) or contributor(s) to a work belongs.

If a demographic group is not specified then multiple creator/contributor group categories from the same source vocabulary or code list may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield $a and subfield $b. If a demographic group is specified then the categories in the field must all come from the same group. Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.

Field 386 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National level (NLR) record requirements, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position	Description	NLR	Repeatability
Field 386	Creator/Contributor Characteristics		R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M
Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Creator/contributor term		R
$b	Creator/contributor code		R
$i	Relationship information		R
$m	Demographic group term		NR
$n	Demographic group code		NR
$0	Authority record control number or standard number		R
$1	Real World Object URI		R
$2	Source		NR
$3	Materials specified		NR
$4	Relationship		R
$6	Linkage		NR
$8	Field link and sequence number		R

Content designator history:

Field 386 - Creator/Contributor Characteristics [new, 2013]

Subfield $i - Relationship information [new, 2017]

Subfield $1 - Real World Object URI [new, 2017]

Subfield $4 - Relationship [new, 2017]

LC Guidelines:

386 Creator/Contributor Characteristics

DCM Z1 Instructions:

386 Creator/Contributor Characteristics