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MODS Element name: <subject><geographic>

Short definition: General geographic term that represents the primary topic on which the resource is focused.

Input guidelines: One geographic term must be designated as primary for display/browse and/or citation purposes. Indicate the language of the geographic term by entering the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-3 language codes. At least one English ("eng") entry is required.

Definition

General geographic term that represents the primary topic on which the resource is focused.

DAMS input form fields

(Geographic Term)

DAMS form field nameform field typerequiredMODS elementCollections Portal displaynotes
Subject - Geographic Termtext fieldnosubject/geographicPlace Name
Info

Text entered here feeds the browsing facet "Place Name" on the Collections portal. Check the list of facet terms currently in use to avoid spelling variants: https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/facet/mods_subject_geographic_ms

Primary Term?

dropdown selection

  • yes
  • no
no

subject[@usagegeographic]/geographic@usage

(attribute of subject)

N/AOne geographic term must be designated as primary for display/browse and/or citation purposes.
Geographic Term Languagetext fieldnosubject[@langgeographic]/geographic@langN/AIndicate the language of the geographic term by entering the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-3 language codes. At least one English ("eng") entry is required.

MODS Element description

Element <subject>

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Attribute name

Details

XPath syntax examples

lang

value:

Indicate the language of the geographic term by entering the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-3 language codes. At least one English ("eng") entry is required.

subject[@lang="eng"]
usage

value:

  • primary

One geographic term must be designated as primary for display/browse and/or citation purposes.

subject[@usage="primary"]

Subelements

The following subelements of <subject>are used in the DAMS:

  • geographic
  • (temporal)
  • (topic)
  • (hierarchicalGeographic)
  • (cartographics)
  • (geographicCode)

Subelement <subject><geographic>

Guidelines for use

Enter a general geographic term that represents the primary topic on which the resource is focused.

Attributes

No attributes for <geographic> are currently implemented in the DAMS.

Subelements

No subelements for <geographic>.

XML Examples

Code Block
languagexml
collapsetrue
<subject usage="primary" lang="eng">
	<geographic>Austin (Tex.)</geographic>
</subject>

Mappings

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