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    • Foreword
    • Preface to the 2008 Revision
    • Preface to the 1990 Revision
    • Statement of Principles
    • General Introduction
    • Part I: Description, Introduction
    • Chapter 1: General Rules for Description
      • 1.0 General Rules
      • 1.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 1.2 Edition Area
      • 1.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 1.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 1.5 Physical Description Area
      • 1.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 1.7 Archival Description Area
      • 1.8 Note Area
      • 1.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 2: Rules for Description of Units Consisting of Multiple Media
      • 2.0 General Rule
    • Chapter 3: Textual Records
      • 3.0 General Rules
      • 3.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 3.2 Edition Area
      • 3.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 3.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 3.5 Physical Description Area
      • 3.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 3.7 Archival Description Area
      • 3.8 Note Area
      • 3.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 4: Graphic Materials
      • 4.0 General Rules
      • 4.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 4.2 Edition Area
      • 4.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 4.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 4.5 Physical Description Area
      • 4.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 4.7 Archival Description Area
      • 4.8 Note Area
      • 4.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 5: Cartographic Materials
      • 5.0 General Rules
      • 5.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 5.2 Edition Area
      • 5.3 Mathematical Data Area
      • 5.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 5.5 Physical Description Area
      • 5.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 5.7 Archival Description Area
      • 5.8 Note Area
      • 5.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 6: Architectural and Technical Drawings
      • 6.0 General Rules
      • 6.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 6.2 Edition Area
      • 6.3 Scale Area
      • 6.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 6.5 Physical Description Area
      • 6.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 6.7 Archival Description Area
      • 6.8 Note Area
      • 6.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 7: Moving Images
      • 7.0 General Rules
      • 7.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 7.2 Edition Area
      • 7.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 7.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 7.5 Physical Description Area
      • 7.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 7.7 Archival Description Area
      • 7.8 Note Area
      • 7.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 8: Sound Recordings
      • 8.0 General Rules
      • 8.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 8.2 Edition Area
      • 8.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 8.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Broadcast, Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 8.5 Physical Description Area
      • 8.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 8.7 Archival Description Area
      • 8.8 Note Area
      • 8.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 9: Records in Electronic Form
      • 9.0 General Rules
      • 9.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 9.2 Edition Area
      • 9.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 9.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Broadcast, Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 9.5 Physical Description Area
      • 9.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 9.7 Archival Description Area
      • 9.8 Note Area
      • 9.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 10: Records on Microform
      • 10.0 General Rules
      • 10.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 10.2 Edition Area
      • 10.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 10.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Broadcast, Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 10.5 Physical Description Area
      • 10.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 10.7 Archival Description Area
      • 10.8 Note Area
      • 10.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 11: Objects
      • 11.0 General Rules
      • 11.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 11.2 Edition Area
      • 11.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 11.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Broadcast, Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 11.5 Physical Description Area
      • 11.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 11.7 Archival Description Area
      • 11.8 Note Area
      • 11.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 12: Philatelic Records
      • 12.0 General Rules
      • 12.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 12.2 Edition Area
      • 12.3 Issue Data Area
      • 12.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Broadcast, Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 12.5 Physical Description Area
      • 12.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 12.7 Archival Description Area
      • 12.8 Note Area
      • 12.9 Standard Number Area
    • Chapter 13: Discrete Items
      • 13.0 General Rules
      • 13.1 Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
      • 13.2 Edition Area
      • 13.3 Class of Material Specific Details Area
      • 13.4 Date(s) of Creation, Including Broadcast, Publication, Distribution, etc., Area
      • 13.5 Physical Description Area
      • 13.6 Publisher's Series Area
      • 13.7 Archival Description Area
      • 13.8 Note Area
      • 13.9 Standard Number Area
      • 13.10 Examples

    13.3 DISCRETE ITEMS, CLASS OF MATERIAL SPECIFIC DETAILS AREA

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    • 13.3A. Preliminary rule

    13.3A. Preliminary rule

    For instructions regarding this area consult the .3 rules of the chapters dealing with the broad classes of material relating to the intellectual form of the unit being described.

    Updated: April 8, 2026

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