Z39.50 Bib-1


	Z39.50: Bib-1 Attributes

	The Bib-1 Attribute Set is used in the formulation of the query by the client to specify the search. This page gives the full set of attributes comprising fields, operators etc. The potential power of the standard can be gauged from the comprehensive nature of these values.

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Use attributes: (fields for searching), relation attributes, position attributes, structure attribute, truncation attributes, completeness attributes.

Use attributes

This is the complete list of the fields that maybe specified when making a search request. These will be mapped by the Z-server (target) to the database. It is this process that is key to deciding what is retrieved in answer to a specific request. The level of detail shows how precise it is possible to be. As well as individual fields like author-name personal, there are combinations of fields defined so that more generic search requirement or the limitations of Z-servers can be managed. For example name, author, any, author-title-subject. There are individual specific concepts like Title uniform as well as the more general title. When setting up a Z-client (origin) and Z-server (target), these fields will be mapped to the index choices for the user and the database indexes at the Z-server. Poor set-up of these can make significant differences to the success of searches. Note that the standalone PC Z-clients like BookWhere 2000 allow the user full access to these parameters for constructing searches.

Use attributes
Personal name Corporate name Conference name Title Title series Title uniform ISBN ISSN LC card number BNB card no. BGF number Local number Dewey classification UDC classification Bliss classification LC call number NLM call number NAL call number MOS call number Local classification Subject heading Subject Rameau BDI index subject INSPEC subject MESH subject PA subject LC subject heading RVM subject heading Local subject index Date Date of publication Date of acquisition Title key	Title collective Title parallel Title cover Title added title page Title caption Title running Title spine Title other variant Title former Title abbreviated Title expanded Subject precis Subject rswk Subject subdivision No. nat'l biblio. No. legal deposit No. govt pub. No. music publisher Number db Number local call Code--language Code--geographic area Code--institution Name and title Name geographic Place publication CODEN Microform generation Abstract Note Author-title Record type Name	Author Author-name personal Author-name corporate Author-name conference Identifier--standard Subject--LC children's Subject name -- personal Body of text Date/time added to db Date/time last modified Authority/format id Concept-text Concept-reference Any Server-choice Publisher Record-source Editor Bib-level Geographic-class Indexed-by Map-scale Music-key Related-periodical Report-number Stock-number Thematic-number Material-type Doc-id Host-item Content-type Anywhere Author-Title-Subject
Relation Attributes	Position attributes	Structure attribute
less than less than or equal equal greater or equal greater than not equal phonetic stem relevance AlwaysMatches	first in field first in subfield any position in field	phrase word key year date (normalized) word list date (un-normalized) name (normalized) name (un-normalized) structure urx free-form-text document-text local number string numeric string
Truncation attributes	Completeness attributes
right Truncation left truncation left and right do not truncate process # in search term regExpr-1 regExpr-2	incomplete subfield complete subfield complete field


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