MODS Element: relatedItem
Definition | Source collection (physical or digital) the asset originated from. (adapted from MODS standard) |
Form field(s) | Source Collection Name- Text field Language of Source Collection Name- eng as default, enter the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-2 language codes. Source Collection Identifier (URI)- Text field. Follow your unit/collection guidelines per Supervisor/Collection Owner. Collection names and identifiers should be as standardized as possible. Source Collection Identifier (PID)- Text field. Follow your unit/collection guidelines per Supervisor/Collection Owner. Collection names and identifiers should be as standardized as possible. Source Collection Identifier (Local)- Text field. Follow your unit/collection guidelines per Supervisor/Collection Owner. Collection names and identifiers should be as standardized as possible. Primary Source? (Yes or no) When entering multiple source collections, designate one as primary for display and/or citation purposes. |
Repeatable | Yes |
Form Required? | No, but recommended for digitized assets, especially those intended for public access |
Subelement/Attribute Name | Details | XPath Syntax |
type | attribute of relatedItem values: source | Coming Soon! |
displayLabel | attribute of relatedItem values: Source collection | |
identifier | subelement of relatedItem | |
type | attribute of identifier values: uri, pid, local | |
displayLabel | attribute of identifier values: Source collection URI, Source collection persistent identifier, Source collection local identifier | |
titleInfo | subelement of relatedItem | |
title | subelement of titleInfo | |
language | attribute of titleInfo values: eng as default; otherwise, any ISO-639-2 language codes | |
displayLabel | attribute of titleInfo value: Source collection name | |
usage | attribute of titleInfo When multiple titles are stored, apply usage="primary" to one for display and/or citation purposes. |
XML |
<relatedItem displayLabel="Source collection" type="source" usage="primary"> <relatedItem displayLabel="Source collection" type="source"> |
Dublin Core |
map <relatedItem type="source"> and all subelements to dc:source. Mapping multiple subelements to the single dc:source element will require addition of punctuation and re-ordering of elements (via XSLT) to achieve the desired result. |