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Multilingual MODS form fields

Multilingual MODS form fields

Nov 14, 2022
[ 1 Digital Asset Level ] [ 2 Collection Level ]

List of form fields that allow users to specify the language of metadata entered. Click on the title of a form field to access more detailed documentation, for instance about the underlying MODS XML elements.

MultiExcerpt Include

Digital Asset Level

  • Contributor—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <name>

    Short definition: Person, organization, or event (conference, meeting, etc.) associated in some way with the resource.

  • Description—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <abstract>

    Short definition: A summary of the content of the resource.

  • Form or Medium—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    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.

  • Genre—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <genre>

    Short definition: A term or phrase that designates a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content, such as artistic, musical, cinematic, literary composition, etc.

  • Language—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <language>

    Short definition: A designation of the language in which the content of a resource is expressed.

  • MODS Language of Cataloging—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <recordInfo><languageOfCataloging>

    Short definition: The language of the text of the cataloging in the MODS record.

  • Place of Publication or Origin—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <originInfo><place>

    Short definition: Name of a place associated with the issuing, publication, release, distribution, manufacture, production, or origin of a resource.

  • Publisher—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <originInfo><publisher>

    Short definition: The name of the entity that published, printed, distributed, released, issued, or produced the resource, or a statement about publication/origin.

  • Related Resource—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <relatedItem type="host" displayLabel="Parent work"> or <relatedItem type="series"> or <relatedItem> (no attributes)

    Short definition: Information that identifies other resources related to the one being described, excluding information entered for Source collection or Digital collection.

  • Repository—

    REQUIRED MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <location><physicalLocation>

    Short definition: The institution or repository that holds the original resource or where it is available.

  • Source Collection—

    MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <relatedItem type="source" displayLabel="Source collection" usage="primary">

    Short definition: Primary physical or digital collection the asset originated from. Distinct from Digital Collection.

  • Subject: Geographic Term—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <subject><geographic>

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

  • Subject: Hierarchical Geographic Terms—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <subject><hierarchicalGeographic>

    Short definition: A geographic name given in a hierarchical form relating to the resource.

  • Subject: Temporal Coverage—

    REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <subject><temporal>

    Short definition: The time period, date, or date range the content of the resource is about.

  • Subject: Topic—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element name: <subject><topic>

    Short definition: Topic the described resource is about.

  • Title—

    REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

    MODS Element: <titleInfo>

    Short definition: Name given to the resource to be described.

Collection Level

  • Contributor (Collections)—

    see Contributor(s)

  • Description (Collections)—

    see Description

  • MODS Language of Cataloging (Collections)—

    see MODS Language of Cataloging

  • Repository (Collections)—

    see Repository

    A digital Collection in the DAMS can hold digitally reformatted versions of objects from multiple physical locations/repositories. Therefore the Repository statement in a Collection's metadata is repeatable.