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Abstract

REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

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-639-2 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
Primary Term?

dropdown selection

  • yes
  • no
no

subject[@usage]/geographic

(attribute of subject)

N/AOne geographic term must be designated as primary for display/browse and/or citation purposes.
Geographic Term Languagetext fieldnosubject[@lang]/geographicN/AIndicate the language of the geographic term by entering the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-2 language codes. At least one English ("eng") entry is required.

MODS Element description

Element <subject>

http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/subject.html

Guidelines for use

<subject> is a container element that contains subelements relating to the subject aspect of the resource.

Attributes


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-639-2 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

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

Mappings

Dublin Core

Depending on the direction of mapping necessary, check

MARC 21

see http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-mapping.html#subject.

MARC 21 fieldMapping conditionMODS elementNotes
6XX
subject/geographicDo not use the authority attribute when mapping geographic coverage information.

Solr

In general, all MODS metadata is imported into the DAMS Solr server upon ingest. The ingest process generates Solr fields typically named according to the following schema:

mods_value*_suffix

where

  • value* can be one or multiple element, subelement or attribute names that allow to distinguish Solr fields
  • suffix is s, t, ss, ms or mt, which refers to the type of data stored in a Solr field and how it is indexed. The Solr index usually contains multiple copies of each field with the same content, distinguished by their suffix.

The following table shows mappings between MODS elements and Solr fields for those fields that are currently used for display in the Collections portal, or where additional processing happens in Islandora or during the publishing process. Suffixes are ignored, unless relevant for the mapping.

MODS elementMapping conditionSolr DAMSSolr Collections PortalNotes
subject/geographic
mods_subject_geographicmods_subject_geographic
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