Form Facets

This documentation describes the Form facets that are available in Pika. Notes for each facet include the data points referenced.

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Detail information about Form and Literary Form facets

The Form and Literary Form facets represent the same underlying data; Literary Form references more specific values and Form references more general categories determined by the specific values.

Form (Unscoped)

Form Translation Map

The Form of the title (fiction, non-fiction, or unknown) references MARC leader positions 6 & 7 and MARC 006 & 008.

The Form of the title is also based on the subject subfields of MARC 650 position v (form subdivision). The subject subfield of MARC 651 position v (form subdivision). The case-insensitive subject subfield of MARC 655 position a (genre/form data or focus item) that contains subject phrases that begin with “instructional film” or educational film” for the form value of Nonfiction.

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Subject Form for Fiction

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Subject Form for Nonfiction

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Form OverDrive Subjects

The form for OverDrive comes from subjects

• If the subject phrase contains the word Nonfiction it will have the form of Non Fiction

• If the subject phrase contains the word Fiction but not Nonfiction it will have the form of Fiction

• If the subject phrase contains the word Poetry it will have the form of Fiction

• If the subject phrase contains the word Essays it will have the form of Non Fiction

• If the subject phrase contains the word Short Stories or Drama it will have the form of Fiction

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Literary Form (Unscoped)

Literary Form Translation Map

The Literary Form is a more detailed version of the Form facet that includes additional forms. Literary Form references MARC leader positions 6 & 7 and MARC 006 & 008.

The Literary Form of the title is also based on the subject subfields of MARC 650 position v (form subdivision). The subject subfield of MARC 651 position v (form subdivision). The case-insensitive subject subfield of MARC 655 position a (genre/form data or focus item) that contains subject phrases that begin with “instructional film” or educational film” for the form value of Nonfiction.

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Subject to Literary Form Translations

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Literary Form OverDrive Subjects

The literary form for OverDrive comes from subjects and it is assumed that everything is a literary form unless there is a subject other than a literary form.

• If the subject phrase contains the word Nonfiction it will have the literary form of Non-Fiction

• If the subject phrase contains the word Fiction it will have the literary form of Fiction and an additional literary full form of Fiction

• If the subject phrase contains the word Poetry it will have the literary form of Fiction and an additional literary full form of Poetry

• If the subject phrase contains the word Essays it will have the literary form of Nonfiction and an additional literary full form of Essays

• If the subject phrase contains the word Short Stories it will have the literary form of Drama and an additional literary full form of Short Stories

• If the subject phrase contains the word Drama it will have the literary form of Fiction and an additional literary full form of Drama

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