10.21 — Fingerprint
Contents:
10.21.1 Element information
10.21.1.2 Sources of information
10.21.2 RDA definition and scope
10.21.2.1 A nomen that is an identifier for manifestation of an early printed resource that consists of a sequence of characters from sources of information specified by an established scheme.
10.21.3 General rule
10.21.3.1 If considered important, record the fingerprint derived according to a published standard. Identify the scheme used for recording the fingerprint. (For further information on this method of identification and recommended forms of recording it, see Fingerprints = Empreintes = Impronte, supplemented by Nouvelles des empreintes = Fingerprint Newsletter, or Vriesema, P.C.A. “The STCN Fingerprint.”)
Example:
163704 - b1 A2 ,$en : b2 I2 a,$
Content standard: stcnf
Example:
p.n, n,re t.n. waOh 7 1651A
Content standard: fei
