• 05 - Record status. Indicates the relation of the record to a file.

  a - Increase in encoding level.
  The Encoding level. Leader/17 of the record has been changed from code o (incomplete) to code n (complete).
  c - Corrected or revised. A change other than to the encoding level code has been made to the record.
  d - Deleted. The delete code used when neither code s nor code x is applicable.
  n - New.
  o - Obsolete.
  s - Deleted. Heading is split into two or more headings.
  x - Deleted. Heading replaced by another heading.

• 06 - Type of record. Indicates the characteristics of and defines the components of the record.

  z - Authority data.

• 17 - Encoding level. Indicates whether the record is complete.

  n - Complete authority record The record meets national level record requirements.
  o - Incomplete authority record.

   

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