Top Level Element: <fieldOfActivity>

Definition	A term indicating the field of endeavor or business, area of expertise, area of competence, etc. of the person or organization in the authoritative reference.
Attributes	type, displayLabel, authority, authorityURI, valueURI, lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration, ID, xlink
Subelements	None

Guidelines for Use

If the entity described is a person, this element can be used to indicate the field of endeavor, area of expertise, etc., in which the person is engaged or was engaged.

If the authoritative reference is a corporate body, this element can be used to indicate a field of business in which the corporate body is engaged, its area of competence, responsibility, jurisdiction, etc.

This element is optional and repeatable. The element is repeated when the entity has multiple fields of activity.

Element Description

Attributes

type

Definition

Optionally, indicates the type of field of activity that is recorded.

Application

The type attribute is a text string and can have any value.

displayLabel

Definition

Provides additional text associated with the field of activity if needed for display purposes, such as dates of activity.

Application

Include the preferred text and capitalization, but do not include delimiters such as colons.

authority, authorityURI, valueURI, lang, xml:lang, script, transliteration, ID, xlink

See Attributes Used Throughout the MADS Schema for a description of each of these attributes.

Subelements

There are no subelements for <fieldOfActivity>.

MARC Mapping

<fieldOfActivity> = MARC 21 Authority field 372 subfields, a, s, and t

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EXAMPLES

<authority>

<name type="personal" authority="naf">

<namePart>Aeschylus<namePart>

</name>

</authority>

<fieldOfActivity>Tragic poet</fieldOfActivity>

<fieldOfActivity>Drama</fieldOfActivity>

<fieldOfActivity>Tragedy</fieldOfActivity>

<authority>

<name type="personal" authority="naf">

<namePart>Alomar, Roberto<namePart>

<namePart type="date">1968-<namePart>

</name>

</authority>

<fieldOfActivity>Baseball player</fieldOfActivity>

<fieldOfActivity>Second baseman</fieldOfActivity>

Last Updated: April 23, 2012