MARC standards

Summary

MARC standards is a file format^[1]. It draws 398 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #47 of 297).^[2]

Key Facts

• MARC standards's instance of is recorded as file format^[3].
• MARC standards's instance of is recorded as metadata standard^[4].
• MARC standards's instance of is recorded as academic discipline^[5].
• MARC standards's instance of is recorded as field of study^[6].
• MARC standards's instance of is recorded as field of study^[7].
• MARC standards's developer is recorded as Henriette Avram^[8].
• MARC standards comprises UNIMARC^[9].
• MARC standards comprises MARC 21^[10].
• MARC standards comprises MARCXML^[11].
• 1965 marks the founding of MARC standards^[12].
• MARC standards's official website is recorded as https://www.loc.gov/marc/^[13].
• MARC standards's described at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2220^[14].
• MARC standards's media type is recorded as application/marc^[15].
• MARC standards's file extension is recorded as mrc^[16].
• MARC standards's file extension is recorded as marc^[17].
• MARC standards's replaces is recorded as MAB^[18].
• MARC standards's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4801^[19].
• MARC standards's different from is recorded as Q11764806^[20].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include file format^[3], metadata standard^[4], academic discipline^[5], and field of study^[6].

History and Context

1965 marks the founding of MARC standards^[12].

Why It Matters

MARC standards draws 398 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #47 of 297).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]