quickMARC MARC Specifications (1.2)

API for retrieving MARC field specifications by record type and field tag

marc-specifications

Operations for retrieving MARC field specifications

Get MARC specification

Retrieves MARC field specification for the given record type and field tag

path Parameters

recordType required	string Enum: "bibliographic" "holdings" "authority" Example: bibliographic Type of MARC record
fieldTag required	string^[0-9]{3}$ Example: 008 Three-digit MARC field tag

Responses

Response samples

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Content type

application/json

{"tag": "008",
"format": "BIBLIOGRAPHIC",
"label": "string",
"url": "http://example.com",
"repeatable": true,
"required": true,
"spec": {"types": [{"code": "books",
"identifiedBy": {"or": [{"tag": "001",
"positions": {"property1": ["a"
],
"property2": ["a"
]
}
}
]
},
"items": [{"code": "Entered",
"name": "Date entered on file",
"order": 0,
"position": 0,
"length": 5,
"isArray": false,
"readOnly": true,
"allowedValues": [{"code": "e",
"name": "Detailed date"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
}