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The ISSN format

FIELDS OF THE ISSN RECORD

b means a blank

TAG INDICATOR
1 2		 SUBFIELD DATA ELEMENT
008 none none    



b Publication status (6)
c Start date (7-10)
d End date (11-14)
e Country of publication (15-17)
f Frequency (18)
g ISSN Centre code (19-20)
h Type of publication (21)
i Alphabet of original title (33)
j Language of publication (35-37)
k Medium of publication
012     &b Internal management data (record creation date etc.)
022       ISSN
b b   Serial of international or national interest
1 b   Serial of purely local interest or ephemeral
    &a Current ISSN
    &z Cancelled ISSN
030 b b   CODEN and other codes
    &a CODEN
    &b Other codes
080 b b   Universal Decimal Classification number
    &a UDC numbers from editions other than the reference edition
    &b UDC numbers from the standard English reference edition
082 b b   Dewey Decimal classification number
    &a DDC numbers from editions other than the reference edition
    &b DDC numbers from the standard English reference edition
210 b b   Abbreviated key title


&a
 Abbreviated key title
    &b Abbreviated qualifying information distinguishing otherwise identical key titles
    &c Abbreviated qualifying information distinguishing otherwise identical abbreviated key titles
222 b b   Key title
    &a Key title
    &b Added qualifying information distinguishing otherwise identical key titles
245 b b   Title proper
    &a Title proper or common title part of the title proper
    &s Section, subseries, supplement designation
    &u Section, subseries, supplement title
246       Variant title(s)
b 0   Access to portions of titles and developed forms of key title
b 1   Parallel titles
b 3   Other forms of title not specified
b 4   Cover title
    &a Title
260 b b   Imprint
    &a Place of publication
    &b Publisher
    &c Date of publication different from that in field 008
510 b b   Coverage by abstracting and indexing publications
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
550 b b   Name of issuing body as on the piece
710       Name of issuing body or conference as established by national cataloguing practice
0 b &a Name of issuing body (other than a conference)
1 b &a Name of conference
759 2 b   Is other language edition of
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
760 2 b   Is subseries of
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
762 2 b   Has subseries
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
769 2 b   Has other language edition(s)
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
776 2 b   Has editions in other media
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
779 2 b   Is inset or supplement to
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
780       Former title
b 0   Continues
b 1   Continues in part
b 4   Formed by the union of ... and ...
b 5   Absorbed
b 6   Absorbed in part
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
785       Successor title(s)
b 0   Continued by
b 1   Continued in part by
b 4   Absorbed by
b 5   Absorbed in part by
b 6   Split into ... and ...
b 7   Merged with ...
b 8   To form ...
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
787 2 b   Related title
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
789 2 b   Has inset or supplement(s)
    &t Key title
    &x ISSN
856       Electronic location and access
0
     Access method (Email)
1

Access method (FTP)
4

Access method (HTTP)

0
Resource
    &u Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
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