Standard cataloguing formats
MARC (MAchine-Readable Cataloguing)
- Various levels:
- Bibliographic
Authorities
Holdings
Classification
- MARC 21
- Developed 1999 by the Library of Congress
15th Update 2012
Now adopted by numerous national communities
- UNIMARC
- Developed 198. by IFLA
5th Update published 2005, 6th forthcoming
Developed as exchange format
Now adopted by numerous nations, with local adaptations
- Specific fields for music
- Coded fields:
Musical form
Medium of performance (see codes
and tag)
Music incipit
Format of notated music (music presentation)
Application of FRBR (in development)
Work (uniform title)
Expression (arrangement, performance, presentation)