MARC standards
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MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
All labels observed (43)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T68140 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MARC standards Context triple: [Library of Congress Control Number, relatedTo, MARC standards]
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A.
Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
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Library of Congress Control Number
The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
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C.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
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D.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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E.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MARC standards Target entity description: MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
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A.
Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
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B.
Library of Congress Control Number
The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
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C.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
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D.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic data format
ⓘ
library cataloging standard ⓘ metadata standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
MARC
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linked to:
MARC standards
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| basedOn | record structure of fields and subfields ⓘ |
| developedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| fullName |
Machine-Readable Cataloging standards
ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
|
| goal |
enable sharing of catalog records
ⓘ
ensure long-term usability of bibliographic data ⓘ standardize library metadata ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
AUSMARC
ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
BIBSYS-MARC ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
CAN/MARC ⓘ
linked to:
CMARC
CMARC ⓘ DANMARC2 ⓘ FinMARC ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
INTERMARC ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
KORMARC ⓘ MAB ⓘ MARC 21 ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
MARC 21 Authority ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
MARC 21 Bibliographic ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
MARC 21 Classification ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
MARC 21 Community Information ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
MARC 21 Holdings ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
NORMARC ⓘ UKMARC ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
UNIMARC ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
|
| primaryEncoding |
ISO 2709
ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
|
| relatedTo |
AACR2
ⓘ
BIBFRAME ⓘ RDA ⓘ
linked to:
MARC standards
Z39.50 ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| supports |
data exchange between libraries
ⓘ
encoding of bibliographic descriptions ⓘ encoding of holdings information ⓘ encoding of names and titles ⓘ encoding of subject headings ⓘ interoperability of catalog data ⓘ machine-readable records ⓘ |
| usedFor |
authority data
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bibliographic data ⓘ classification data ⓘ community information ⓘ holdings data ⓘ |
| usedIn |
integrated library systems
ⓘ
library catalogs ⓘ library management systems ⓘ national bibliographies ⓘ union catalogs ⓘ |
| uses |
indicators for field interpretation
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numeric tags for fields ⓘ subfield codes for data elements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MARC standards Description of subject: MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
Referenced by (94)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus
→
relatedTo
→
MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data
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