Bryan is right, the default rules likely doesn't include the value as valid. However, you can open the rules file and add any subfield/indicator combinations that you would like MarcEdit to consider valid.
--TR
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bryan Baldus
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> Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] Indicator missing from marcrules file?
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> On Monday, August 16, 2010 2:14 PM, Roger Miller wrote:
> >I was using the MarcValidator function this morning to process last
> week's records and popped an error for an undefined 2nd indicator value
> of "8" for tag 650. Indicator 8 is used for Sears Subject Headings
> (which we don't use but the tag came in on the OCLC record).
> >I checked the marcrules file and found that it had values of 01234567
> defined for 650 indicator 2, but not 8. Verifying that 8 is defined in
> OCLC Bib Formats & Standards, I edited the marcules file to incorporate
> this. I've done a quick check and it appears that the same issue
> applies to tags 600, 610, 611, 630, and 651.
>
> This is one of the differences between MARC 21 (covered by MarcEdit's
> default rules fule) and OCLC-MARC. In MARC 21, Sears are coded with 2nd
> indicator 7, $2sears, while in OCLC-MARC, 2nd indicator '8' is used
> with no $2. I'm not sure why the difference exists, though perhaps MARC
> 21 didn't want to favor a 3rd party thesaurus (as opposed to the other
> special indicator codes which are from national libraries), so went
> with 7+$2, while Sears is popular enough in OCLC member libraries that
> a special indicator was desired/implemented.
>
> Similar issues might exist for 007, where OCLC-MARC uses subfields
> while MARC 21 has only bytes and no subfields.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Bryan Baldus
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