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 Chapter three is one of our most comprehensive documents, and as such is too large for a single page.
-==Overview==
-Overview
-The first phase of MARS 2.0 Authority Control comprises a wide variety of routines that update and correct individual subfields and contiguous pairs of subfields. These corrections are based on a number of subfield update tables maintained by MARS 2.0 authorities librarians.
-Authority Cleanup cleans up headings to facilitate matching on national-level authority records during the matching process. MARS 2.0 Authority Cleanup subfield correction routines include:
-* Updating obsolete forms of subdivisions to the current form
-* Correcting common typographical errors
-* Expanding abbreviations in subject subfields to their fuller form
-* Converting common direct geographic subdivisions to their indirect form
-* Deleting subject subdivisions which have been canceled or discontinued
-* Correcting spacing, capitalization, and punctuation
 ==Topics==
 * [[Profile Guide Chapter 3 1|Question 1]] Perform Authority Control (Authority Cleanup and Authority Matching)
 * [[Profile Guide Chapter 3 2|Question 2]] Normalization of Generic Name Headings