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MODS Element name: <physicalDescription><form> Short definition: A designation of a particular physical presentation of a resource, including the physical form or medium of material for a resource. Input guidelines: Characterize the form of the digitized or analog original using terms describing the material, support, or technique. Use authority control, e.g. AAT, TGM, LCGFT or locally controlled vocabularies. This field/element set is not used to describe the content of a resource. Use the Genre and/or Type of Resource elements to describe the content of the resource. If you do not use a controlled vocabulary, check the Type facet on the Collections portal to avoid spelling variants for uncontrolled terms. |
Definition
A designation of a particular physical presentation of a resource, including the physical form or medium of material for a resource.
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| DAMS form field name | form field type | required | MODS element | Collections Portal display | notes | ||||||
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| Form/Medium Term | text field | no | physicalDescription/form | Type* | The values entered as Form/Medium terms are merged with metadata values for Genre and Type of Resource for display on the Collections portal.
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| (F/M Term) Authority | dropdown selection
| no | physicalDescription/form[@authority] (attribute of form) | N/A |
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| (F/M Term) Authority URI | text field | see note | physicalDescription/form[@authorityURI] (attribute of form) | N/A |
If you selected "aat", "gmgpc" or "lcgft" in the Authority form field, leave the field blank. The DAMS will automatically add URIs for these authority files. | ||||||
| Language of Form/Medium Term | text field | no | physicalDescription/form[@lang] (attribute of form) | N/A |
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Subelement <physicalDescription><form>
Guidelines for use
Characterize the form of the digitized or analog original using terms describing the material, support, or technique. Use authority control AAT, TGM, LCGFT or locally controlled vocabularies. This field/element set is not used to describe the content of a resource. Use the Genre and/or Type of Resource elements to describe the content of the resource. If you do not use a controlled vocabulary, check the Type facet on the Collections portal to avoid spelling variants for uncontrolled terms.
Attributes
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| authority | values:
| physicalDescription/form[@authority="aat"] | |||||
| authorityURI | values:
| physicalDescription/form[@authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms"] | |||||
| lang | values:
| physicalDescription/form[@lang="eng"] |
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